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COCK n. 22 definitions

A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock. Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! Shak.

Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

COCK-BRAINED a.

Giddy; rash. Milton.

See Lumpfish. [Scot.]

See Lumpfish. [Scot.]

he wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer. Seduced by military liveries and cockades. Burke.

Wearing a cockade. Young.

COCKAL n. 2 definitions

ttle transverse bone Which boys and bruckeled children call (Playing for points and pins) cockal. Herrick.

A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.

The Russian variety of bagatelle.

An Australian parrot (Calopsitta Novæ-Hollandiæ); -- so called from its note.

COCKATOO n. 5 definitions

or Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus. Cock"a*trice, n. Etym: [OF. cocatrice crocodile, F. cocatrix, cocatrice. The word is a corruption from the same source as E. crocodile, but was confused with cock the bird, F. coq,…

COCKATRICE n. 2 definitions

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

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 anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill.

A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.

A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.

COCKCROW; COCKCROWING n.

The time at which cooks first crow; the early morning.

COCKER v. 4 definitions

Th 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.

COCKER SPANIEL n.

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 pounds. They have the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but…