Cochleated (a.) Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.
Cock (n.) The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.
Cock (n.) A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
Cock (n.) A chief man; a leader or master.
Cock (n.) The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
Cock (n.) A faucet or valve.
Cock (n.) The style of gnomon of a dial.
Cock (n.) The indicator of a balance.
Cock (n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
Cocked (imp. & p. p.) of Cock
Cocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cock
Cock (v. t.) To set erect; to turn up.
Cock (v. t.) To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
Cock (v. t.) To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
Cock (v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
Cock (v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
Cock (n.) The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
Cock (n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
Cock (n.) The hammer in the lock of a firearm.
Cock (v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.
Cock (v. i.) To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.
Cock (n.) A small concial pile of hay.
Cock (v. t.) To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.
Cock (n.) A small boat.
Cock (n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths.
Cockade (n.) A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer.
Cockaded (a.) Wearing a cockade.
Cock-a-hoop (a.) Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
Cockal (n.) A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice
Cockal (n.) The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone.
Cockaleekie (n.) A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.
Cockamaroo (n.) The Russian variety of bagatelle.
Cockateel (n.) An Australian parrot (Calopsitta Novae-Hollandiae); -- so called from its note.
Cockatoo (n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.
Cockatrice (n.) A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.
Cockatrice (n.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
Cockatrice (n.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.
Cockatrice (n.) Any venomous or deadly thing.
Cockbill (v. t.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.
Cockboat (n.) A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.
Cock-brained (a.) Giddy; rash.
Cockchafer (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.
Cockcrow (n.) Alt. of Cockcrowing
Cockcrowing (n.) The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning.
Cockered (imp. & p. p.) of Cocker
Cockering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cocker
Cocker (v. t.) To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.
Cocker (n.) One given to cockfighting.
Cocker (n.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.
Cocker (n.) A rustic high shoe or half-boots.
Cockerel (n.) A young cock.
Cocket (n.) Pert; saucy.
Cocket (n.) A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty.
Cocket (n.) An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.
Cocket (n.) A measure for bread.
Cockeye (n.) A squinting eye.
Cockeye (n.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.
Cockfight (n.) A match or contest of gamecocks.
Cockfighting (n.) The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.
Cockfighting (a.) Addicted to cockfighting.
Cockhead (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
Cockhorse (n.) A child's rocking-horse.
Cockhorse (n.) A high or tall horse.
Cockhorse (a.) Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
Cockhorse (a.) Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
Cockieleekie (n.) Same as Cockaleekie.
Cocking (n.) Cockfighting.
Cockle (n.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.
Cockle (n.) A cockleshell.
Cockle (n.) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
Cockle (n.) The fire chamber of a furnace.
Cockle (n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
Cockle (n.) The dome of a heating furnace.
Cockled (imp. & p. p.) of Cockle
Cockling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cockle
Cockle (v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.
Cockle (n.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
Cockle (n.) The Lotium, or darnel.
Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.
Cockled (a.) Inclosed in a shell.
Cockled (a.) Wrinkled; puckered.
Cockler (n.) One who takes and sells cockles.
Cockleshell (n.) One of the shells or valves of a cockle.
Cockleshell (n.) A light boat.
Cockloft (n.) An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.
Cockmaster (n.) One who breeds gamecocks.
Cockmatch (n.) A cockfight.
Cockneys (pl. ) of Cockney
Cockney (n.) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
Cockney (n.) A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously.
Cockney (a.) Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
Cockneydom (n.) The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively.
Cockneyfy (v. t.) To form with the manners or character of a cockney.
Cockneyish (a.) Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.
Cockneyism (n.) The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.
Cock-padle (n.) See Lumpfish.
Cockpit (n.) A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.
Cockpit (n.) The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.
Cockpit (n.) That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.
Cockpit (n.) In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.