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Logcock :: Logcock (n.) The pileated woodpecker.

Heeler :: Heeler (n.) A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.

Paddlecock :: Paddlecock (n.) The lumpfish.

Paisano :: Paisano (n.) The chaparral cock.

Orthoptera :: Orthoptera (n. pl.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect..

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..

Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming..

Ootheca :: Ootheca (n.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium..

Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The fire chamber of a furnace.

Pajock :: Pajock (n.) A peacock.

Cockpit :: Cockpit (n.) That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.

Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer..

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

Cockweed :: Cockweed (n.) Peppergrass.

Hotcockles :: Hotcockles (n.) A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him..

Ready :: Ready (superl.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim..

Cockle :: Cockle (v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting..

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

Burette :: Burette (n.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock..

Bibb :: Bibb (n.) A bibcock. See Bib, n., 3..

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