Shuttlecock :: Shuttlecock (n.) A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself..

Shuttlecock :: Shuttlecock (v. t.) To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words..

Skirlcock :: Skirlcock (n.) The missel thrush; -- so called from its harsh alarm note.

Spatchcock :: Spatchcock (n.) See Spitchcock.

Spitchcock :: Spitbox (n.) A vessel to receive spittle.

Spitchcock :: Spitchcock (v. t.) To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat..

Spitchcocked :: Spitchcock (n.) An eel split and broiled.

Spitscocked :: Spitously (adv.) Spitefully.

Stopcock :: Stop (n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed..

Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..

Stormcock :: Storm-beat (a.) Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms..

Stormcock :: Stormcock (n.) The missel thrush.

Stormcock :: Stormcock (n.) The fieldfare.

Sycock :: Sycoceryl (n.) A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig..

Thricecock :: Thricecock (n.) The missel thrush.

Uncock :: Uncock (v. t.) To let down the cock of, as a firearm..

Uncock :: Uncock (v. t.) To deprive of its cocked shape, as a hat, etc..

Uncock :: Uncock (v. t.) To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay..

Water Cock :: Water cock () A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora..

Weathercock :: Weathercock (n.) A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction..

Weathercock :: Weathercock (n.) Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person..

Weathercock :: Weathercock (v. t.) To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.

Woodcock :: Woodcock (n.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds..

Woodcock :: Woodcock (n.) Fig.: A simpleton.

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