cocke

n. [ OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. köcher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows). ] A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cock the bird. ] 1. One given to cockfighting. [ Obs. ] Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. a double dim. of cock. ] A young cock. [ 1913 Webster ]

. One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept for hunting or retrieving game or for household pets. They usually weigh from eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. (Eng. Law) A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A measure for bread. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. coquet coquettish. See Coquette, n. ] Pert; saucy. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mach.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead. [ 1913 Webster ]