Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 78

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.

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