Cockneyish
Cock″ney‐ish, a. Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Cockneyism
Cock″ney‐ism (kŏk″nĭ‐ĭz'm), n. The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.
Cockpit
Cock″pit′ (kŏk″pĭt), n. 1. A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.Henry the Eighth had built... a cockpit.Macaulay.2. The Privy Council room at Westminster; — so called because...
Cockpit (2)
Cock″pit′ (?), n. In some aëroplanes and flying machines, an inclosure for the pilot or a passenger.
Cockroach
Cock″roach (?), n. [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zoöl.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.☞ The species are numerous, especially in hot countries. Those most com...
Cockscomb
Cocks″comb′ (kŏks″kōm′), n. [1st cock, n. + comb crest.] 1. See Coxcomb.2. (Bot.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of br...
Cockshead
Cocks″head′ (?), n.(Bot.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.
Cockshut
Cock″shut′ (?), n. A kind of net to catch woodcock. Nares.Cockshut timeorlight, evening twilight; nightfall; — so called in allusion to the tome at which the cockshut used to be...
Cockshy
Cock″shy′ (?), n. 1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; — so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in “shying” or throw...
Cockspur
Cock″spur (?), n.(Bot.) A variety of Cratægus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; — called also Cockspur thorn.
Cocksure
Cock″sure′ (?), a. 1. Perfectly safe.We steal as in a castle, cocksure:... we walk invisible.Shak.2. Quite certain.I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promis...
Cockswain
Cock″swain (?, colloq.?), 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.
Cocktail
Cock″tail′ (?), n. 1. A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.2. (Stock Breeding) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one ...
Cockup
Cock″up (?), n.(Zoöl.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); — also called begti.
Cockweed
Cock″weed (?), n.(Bot.) Peppergrass. Johnson.
Cocky
Cock″y (?), a. [See Cocket.] Pert.
Cockyolly
{ Cock′y‐ol″ly, orCock′y‐ol″y, bird } (?). [Cf. Cock, fowl; Yellow.] A pet name for any small bird.
Coco
{ Co″co (kō″kō̍), n.orCo″co palm (kō″kō̍ päm′).} See Cocoa.
Cocoa
{ Co″coa (kō″kō̍), n., Co″coa palm′ (päm′) } [Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the ba...
Cocoa (2)
Co″coa, n. [Corrupted fr. cacao.] A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells.Coco...
Cocoanut
Co″coa‐nut′ (–nŭt′), n. The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil.
Cocobolo
{ ‖Co′co‐bo″lo (?), Co′co‐bo″las (?) }, n. [Sp. cocobolo.] (Bot.) A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handle...
Cocoon
Co‐coon″ (?), n. [F. cocon, dim. of coque shell of egge and insects, fr. L. concha mussel shell. See Conch.] 1. An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state....
Cocoonery
Co‐coon″er‐y (?), n. A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.
Coctible
Coc″ti‐ble (?), a. [See Coctile.] Capable of being cooked. Blount.
Coctile
Coc″tile (?), a. [L. coctilis, fr. coguere. SeeCook.] Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.
Coction
Coc″tion (?), n. [L. coctio.] 1. Act of boiling.2. (Med.) (a) Digestion. (b) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination. Dunglison.