n. [ 1st cock, n. + comb crest. ]
n. (Bot.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A kind of net to catch woodcock. [ Obs. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cockshut time
Cockshut light
n.
“Making a cockshy of him, ” replied the hideous small boy. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A variety of
n. a worthless or despicable person; -- intended as disparaging and invariably offensive. [ vulgar slang ]
a.
We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cock a boat + swain; hence, the master of a boat. ] The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew. [ 1913 Webster ]