Cobbler, n.
- 1. Mender of shoes.
- 2. Clumsy workman, bungler, botcher.
- 3. Iced-sangaree, sherry-cobbler.
Cobble-stone, n. Cobstone, cobble, copple-stone.
Cobra, n. Hooded snake, spectacle-snake, cobra-de-capello.
Cobra-de-capello, n. [Port.] Cobra, hooded snake, spectacle-snake (Naja tripudians).
Cobweb, n.
- 1. Spider’s web.
- 2. Entanglement, snare, meshes, toils, insidious intricacy.
- 3. Flimsy or frail thing, piece of flimsiness.
- 4. Musty tradition, hoary and useless custom, worthless time-worn trappings.
Cobweb, a. Flimsy, slight, gauzy, worthless, thin.
Cochleary, a. Cochleate, cochleated, cochlean, cochleariform, cochleous, spiral, spiry, screw-shaped.
Cochleate, Cochleated, a. Spiral. See cochleary.
Cock, n.
- 1. Male (of birds).
- 2. Chanticleer, rooster [U. S.].
- 3. Cock-crowing, cock-crow.
- 4. Faucet, turn-valve, stop-cock.
- 5. Hammer (of gunlock).
- 6. Turning-up, turn, toss, perking.