Cock :: Cock (v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing..

Cock :: 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 :: Cock (n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow.

Cock :: Cock (n.) The hammer in the lock of a firearm.

Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.

Cock :: Cock (v. i.) To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing..

Cock :: Cock (n.) A small concial pile of hay.

Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To put into cocks or heaps, as hay..

Cock :: Cock (n.) A small boat.

Cock :: Cock (n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths..

Cock-a-hoop :: Cock-a-hoop (a.) Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

Cock-brained :: Cock-brained (a.) Giddy; rash.

Cock-padle :: Cock-padle (n.) See Lumpfish.

Cockade :: 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 :: Cockaded (a.) Wearing a cockade.

Cockal :: Cockal (n.) A game played with sheep's bones instead of dic.

Cockal :: Cockal (n.) The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone.

Cockaleekie :: Cockaleekie (n.) A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes..

Cockamaroo :: Cockamaroo (n.) The Russian variety of bagatelle.

Cockateel :: Cockateel (n.) An Australian parrot (Calopsitta Novae-Hollandiae); -- so called from its note.

Cockatoo :: 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 :: Cockatrice (n.) A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.

Cockatrice :: Cockatrice (n.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent..

Cockatrice :: Cockatrice (n.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.

Cockatrice :: Cockatrice (n.) Any venomous or deadly thing.

Cockbill :: 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 :: Cockboat (n.) A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore..

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

Cockcrow :: Cockcrow (n.) Alt. of Cockcrowin.

Cockcrowing :: Cockcrowing (n.) The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning.

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