Cock″er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cockered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Cockering.] [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge, fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E. cockle, v.] To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.
Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9.
Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up.
J. Ingelow.