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e lock of a firearm. At cock, At full cock, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action. -- At half cock. See under Half. -- Cock feather (Archery), the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. Nares.…

A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk. That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. Shak.

A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.

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.

document given to a shopper as a warrant that his goods have been duly enstered and have paid duty.

Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards. -- n.

serves for payment or recompense. The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin. Hammond. Coin balance. See Illust. of Balance. -- To pay one in his own coin, to return to one the same kind of injury or ill treatment as has been received from him. [Colloq.]

Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.

Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting. -- n.

Wearing a collar; -- said of a man or beast used as a bearing when a collar is represented as worn around the neck or loins.

Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.

A girl; a maiden. [Anglo-Irish]

In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.

To assist or help; to aid. [Obs.] I . . . can not help the noble chevalier: God comfort him in this necessity! Shak.

process of administering comfort. [Obs.] The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador. Hakluyt.

ve at one's disposal; to lead. Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries. Macaulay. Such aid as I can spare you shall command. Shak.

In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.

ally a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836. There was [formerly] some sense for commendams. Selden. Partnership in commendam. See under Partnership.

ayer (Book of Common Prayer), a prayer read over the dying. "The commendatory prayer was said for him, and, as it ended, he [William III.] died." Bp. Burnet.