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v. i. [ Of imitative origin. ] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Constant cuckoos cook on every side. The Silkworms (1599). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cōc, fr. L. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. pe`ptein, Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. Pumpkin. ] 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A fish, the European striped wrasse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cooked p. pr & vb. n. Cooking. ] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To prepare food for the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

“Just How”: a key to the cookbooks. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. heated again after having cooled down; -- often used of food remaining from a previous day.
Syn. -- warmed-over, reheated. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.A female cook. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an implement for cooking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat; cooking. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A delicacy; a dainty. [ Obs. ] R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Cooky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared; cookery.
Syn. -- cookery, cuisine, culinary art. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An eating house. “A subterranean cookshop.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a stove for cooking, especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. cooking utensils, such as pots, pans, or baking dishes made of heat-resistant material.
Syn. -- cooking utensil. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.; pl. Cookies /plu>. [ Cf. D. koek cake, dim. koekje; akin to G. kuchen, E. cake; or cf. OE. coket, prob., a sort of cake, and prob. of French origin. ] A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cook too long. [ PJC ]

. 1. (Cookery) a pot with a lid which may be tightly bound to the bottom part, forming a vessel which can withstand some gas pressure from within. It is used to heat foods in water or steam to a temperature somewhat above the boiling point of water, allowing the cooking process to be accomplished more quickly than otherwise. [ PJC ]

2. Fig., a situation involving intense psychological pressure due to multiple urgent demands, as in certain job situations. [ PJC ]