- 7. Pile (of hay, etc.), rick.
- 8. Yawl, ship’s boat, small boat, cock-boat.
- 9. Notch, groove (of an arrow).
Cock, v. a.
- 1. Set, set up, set the cock or hammer of.
- 2. Perk, perk up, toss.
- 3. Pile, make into cocks or ricks.
- 4. Point, sharpen, calk (said of a horseshoe).
Cock, v. n. Bridle, perk, hold the head high, look big or pert or menacing.
Cock-a-hoop, a. Boasting, boastful, bragging, vaunting, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, vain- glorious.
Cock-and-bull story. Absurd story, exaggerated tale, canard.
Cockatrice, n. Basilisk.
Cockchafer, n. May-bug, dor, dor-bug, tree-beetle, dor-beetle, May-beetle, dummador, (Melontha vulgaris).
Cock-crowing, n.
- 1. Crowing of the cock, cock-crow, cock.
- 2. Dawn, day-break, peep of day, first flush of the morning.
Cocker, v. a. (Rare.) Indulge (unduly), fondle, pamper.
Cockerel, n. Young cock or [U. S.] rooster.
Cockering, n. Indulgence (to excess), pampering, humoring.
Cock-eyed, a. Squint-eyed.
Cockle, v. a. Wrinkle, pucker, corrugate, gather into folds.
Cockling, a. Curling, ruffled, dashing, whirling, foaming, rushing.
Cock-loft, n. Garret, loft, attic, upper story.
Cockney, n. [Term of slight ridicule.] Londoner, native or resident of London.