Webster's Dictionary 1913

5023

Cock (3)

Cock, v. i. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing. Addison.

5024

Cock (4)

Cock, n. The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.

5025

Cock (5)

Cock, n. [It. cocca notch of an arrow.] 1. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.2. The hammer in the lock of a firearm.At cock, At full cock, with the hammer raised and ready to fi...

5026

Cock (6)

Cock, v. t. To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.

5027

Cock (7)

Cock, v. i. To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.Cocked, fired, and missed his man.Byron.

5028

Cock (8)

Cock, n. [Cf. Icel. kökkr lump, Dan. kok heap, or E. cock to set erect.] A small concial pile of hay.

5029

Cock (9)

Cock, v. t. To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.Under the cocked hay.Spenser.

5030

Cock-a-hoop

Cock′–a–hoop″ (?), a. Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

5031

Cock-brained

Cock″–brained′ (?), a. Giddy; rash. Milton.

5032

Cock-paddle

Cock″–pad′dle (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Lumpfish.

5033

Cockade

Cock‐ade″ (kŏk‐ād″), n. [F. cocarble, fr. coquard vain, OF. coquart, fr. coq cock, prob. of imitative origin. The ornament is so named from its resemblance to the crest of a coc...

5034

Cockaded

Cock‐ad″ed (–ā″dĕd), a. Wearing a cockade. Young.

5035

Cockal

Cock″al (kŏk″al), n. 1. A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice2. The bone used in playing the game; — called also huckle bone. Nares.A little transverse boneWhich boys...

5036

Cockaleekie

Cock′a‐leek″ie (kŏk′ȧ‐lē″kĭ), n. [From cock + leek.] A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.

5037

Cockamaroo

Cock′a‐ma‐roo″ (?), n. The Russian variety of bagatelle.

5038

Cockateel

Cock″a‐teel (kŏk′ȧ‐tēl″), n.(Zoöl.) An Australian parrot (Calopsitta Novæ-Hollandiæ); — so called from its note.

5039

Cockatoo

Cock′a‐too″ (kŏk′ȧ‐to͞o″), n. [Malayan kakatūa.] (Zoöl.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinæ, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head orna...

5040

Cockatrice

Cock″a‐trice (–trīs; 277), n. [OF. cocatrice crocodile, F. cocatrix, cocatrice. The word is a corruption from the same source as E. crocodile, but was confused with cock the bir...

5041

Cockbill

Cock″bill (kŏk″bĭl′), v. t. [See Cock to set erect.] (Naut.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.To cockbill the...

5042

Cockboat

Cock″boat′ (?), n. [See Cock a boat.] A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.

5043

Cockchafer

Cock″chaf′er (?), n. [See Chafer the beetle.] (Zoöl.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; — called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.

5044

Cockcrow

{ Cock″crow (?), Cock″crow′ing, } n. The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning.

5045

Cocker

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 ...

5046

Cocker (2)

Cock″er, n. [From Cock the bird.] 1. One given to cockfighting. Steele.2. (Zoöl.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.

5047

Cocker (3)

Cock″er, 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...

5048

Cocker spaniel

Cock″er span″iel. 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 po...

5049

Cockerel

Cock″er‐el (?), n. [Prob. a double dim. of cock.] A young cock.