Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 78
Cochleated (a.) Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.
Compare: Faucet
Faucet (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
Faucet (n.) The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.
Cock (n.) The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.
Cock (n.) A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! -- Shak.
Cock (n.) A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous]
Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. -- Addison.
Cock (n.) The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. [Obs.]
He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. -- Shak.
Cock (n.) A faucet or valve.
Note: Jonsons says, "The handle probably had a cock on the top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently to have had that form, whatever was the reason." Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in forma crit[ae] galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb.
Cock (n.) The style of gnomon of a dial. -- Chambers.
Cock (n.) The indicator of a balance. -- Johnson.
Cock (n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. -- Knight.
Cock (n.) A penis. [vulgar]
Ball cock. See under Ball.
Chaparral cock. See under Chaparral.
Cock and bull story, An extravagant, boastful story; a canard.
Cock of the plains (Zool.) See Sage cock.
Cock of the rock (Zool.), A South American bird ({Rupicola aurantia) having a beautiful crest.
Cock of the walk, A chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors.
Cock of the woods. See Capercailzie.
Cocked (imp. & p. p.) of Cock.
Cocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cock.
Cock (v. t.) To set erect; to turn up.
Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. -- Gay.
Dick would cock his nose in scorn. -- Swift.
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.
They cocked their hats in each other's faces. -- Macaulay.
Cock (v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
Cocked hat. (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also three-cornered hat.
Cocked hat. (b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle.
Cock (v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing. -- Addison.
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.
At cock, At full cock, With the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action.
At half cock. See under Half.
Cock feather (Archery), The feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. -- Nares.
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.
Cocked, fired, and missed his man. -- Byron.
Cock (n.) A small concial pile of hay.
Cock (v. t.) To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.
Under the cocked hay. -- Spenser.
Cock (n.) A small boat.
Yond tall anchoring bark [appears] Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. -- Shak.
Cock (n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths. [Obs.] "By cock and pie." -- Shak.
Cock (n.) Obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz].
Cock (n.) Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid [syn: stopcock, cock, turncock].
Cock (n.) The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled [syn: hammer, cock].
Cock (n.) Adult male chicken [syn: cock, rooster].
Cock (n.) Adult male bird.
Cock (v.) Tilt or slant to one side; "cock one's head".
Cock (v.) Set the trigger of a firearm back for firing.
Cock (v.) To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock].
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.
Seduced by military liveries and cockades. -- Burke.
Cockade (n.) An ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat.
Cockaded (a.) Wearing a cockade. -- Young.
Cock-a-hoop (a.) Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
Syn: boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, crowing, self-aggrandizing, vainglorious.
Cock-a-hoop (a.) Exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big,
cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising].
Cockal (n.) A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice. [Obs.]
Cockal (n.) The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone. [Obs.] -- Nares.
A little transverse bone Which boys and bruckeled children call (Playing for points and pins) cockal. -- Herrick. Cockaleekie
Cockaleekie (n.) A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes; -- called also cocky-leeky.
Cockamaroo (n.) The Russian variety of bagatelle. cockatiel
Cockateel (n.) (Zool.) A small gray and white Australian parrot ({Leptolophus hollandicus, formerly Calopsitta Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) with a prominent crest; the male has bright yellow cheeks and crest, but the female has only a pale yellow in the face; -- it is so called from its note.
Syn: cockateel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus.
Cockateel (n.) Small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head [syn: cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus].
Cockatoo (n.) (Zool.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuin[ae], 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+cockatoo+({Plictolophus+cristatus">broad-crested cockatoo ({Plictolophus cristatus or Cacatua+cristatus),+the+sulphur-crested+({Cacatua+galerita">Cacatua cristatus), the sulphur-crested ({Cacatua galerita or Plictolophus galeritus), etc. The palm cockatoo or great black cockatoo of Australia is Probosciger aterrimus (formerly Microglossus aterrimus).
Cockatoo (n.) White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds.
Cockatrice (n.) A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.
That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. -- Shak.
Cockatrice (n.) (Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
Cockatrice (n.) (Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.
The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's
Note: [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den. -- Is. xi. 8.
Cockatrice (n.) Any venomous or deadly thing.
This little cockatrice of a king. -- Bacon.
Cockatrice (n.) Monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance.
Cockatrice, () The mediaeval name (a corruption of "crocodile") of a fabulous serpent supposed to be produced from a cock's egg. It is generally supposed to denote the cerastes, or "horned viper," a very poisonous serpent about a foot long. Others think it to be the yellow viper (Daboia xanthina), one of the most dangerous vipers, from its size and its nocturnal habits (Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17; in all which the Revised Version renders the Hebrew _tziph'oni_ by "basilisk"). In Prov. 23:32 the Hebrew _tzeph'a_ is rendered both in the Authorized Version and the Revised Version by "adder;" margin of Revised Version "basilisk," and of Authorized Version "cockatrice."
Cockbill (v. t.) (Naut.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.
To cockbill the anchor, To suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill.
Cockboat (n.) A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.
Cock-brained (a.) Giddy; rash. -- Milton.
Cockchafer (n.) (Zool.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle. Cockcrow
Cockchafer (n.) Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult [syn: cockchafer, May bug, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha].
Cockcrow (n.) Alt. of Cockcrowing.
Cockcrowing (n.) The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning ; the first light of day.
Syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup.
Cockcrow (n.) The first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset].
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 thy child and he shall make thee afraid. -- Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9.
Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. -- J. Ingelow.
Cocker (n.) One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] -- Steele.
Cocker (n.) (Zool.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.
Cocker (n.) A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Cocker (n.) A small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England [syn: cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel, cocker].
Cocker (v.) Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge].
Cockerel (n.) A young cock.
Cockerel (n.) A young domestic cock; not older than one year.
Cocket (a.) Pert; saucy. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
Cocket (n.) (Eng. Law) 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. [Eng.]
Cocket (n.) A measure for bread. [Obs.] -- Blount.
Cocket, () commerce. In England the office at the custom house, where the goods to be exported are entered, is so called, also the custom house seal, or the parchment sealed and delivered by the officers of customs to merchants, as a warrant that their goods are customed. Crabbe's Tech. Dict.
Cockeye (n.) A squinting eye. -- Forby.
Cockeye (n.) (Mach.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.
Cockfight (n.) A match or contest of gamecocks.
Cockfight (n.) A match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs.
Cockfighting (n.) The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.
Cockfighting (a.) Addicted to cockfighting.
Cockfighting (n.) Participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight.
Cockhead (n.) (Mach.) 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.
Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. -- Mother Goose.
Cockhorse (n.) A high or tall horse. [R.]
Cockhorse (a.) Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
Cockhorse (a.) Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
Our
painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. -- Marlowe.
Cockhorse (n.) Anything used as a toy horse
(such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult).
Cockieleekie (n.) Same as Cockaleekie.
Cocking (n.) Cockfighting. -- Ben Jonson.
Cockle (n.) (Zool.) 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. -- Raymond.
Cockle (n.) The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] -- Knight.
Cockle (n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast. -- Knight.
Cockle (n.) The dome of a heating furnace. -- Knight.
Cockle hat, A hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. -- Shak.
Cockle stairs, Winding or spiral stairs.
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.
Cockling sea, Waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Cockle (n.) (Bot.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose ({Luchnis Githage).
Cockle (n.) (Bot.) The Lotium, or darnel.
Cockle (n.) Common edible European bivalve.
Cockle (n.) Common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs.
Cockle (v.) Stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate].
Cockle (v.) To gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit].
Cockle, () Occurs only in Job 31:40 (marg., "noisome weeds"), where it is the rendering of a Hebrew word (b'oshah) which means "offensive," "having a bad smell," referring to some weed perhaps which has an unpleasant odour. Or it may be regarded as simply any noisome weed, such as the "tares" or darnel of Matt. 13:30. In Isa. 5:2, 4 the plural form is rendered "wild grapes."
Cocklebur (n.) (Bot.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.
Cocklebur (n.) Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs [syn: cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr].
Cocklebur (n.) Burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use [syn: great burdock, greater burdock, cocklebur, Arctium lappa].
Cockled (a.) Inclosed in a shell.
The tender horns of cockled snails. -- Shak.
Cockled (a.) Wrinkled; puckered.
Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain. -- Gay.
Cockler (n.) One who takes and sells cockles.
Cockleshell (n.) One of the shells or valves of a cockle.
Cockleshell (n.) A light boat.
To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters. -- W. Black.
Cockleshell (n.) A small light flimsy boat.
Cockloft (n.) An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building. -- Dryden. Swift.
Cockloft (n.) A small loft or garret.
Cockmaster (n.) One who breeds gamecocks. -- L'Estrange.
Cockmatch (n.) A cockfight.
Cockneys (n. pl. ) of Cockney.
Cockney (n.) An effeminate person; a spoilt child. "A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling." -- Nash (1592).
This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. -- Shak.
Cockney
(n.) A
native or resident of the city of
A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots. -- Macaulay.
Cockney (n.) the distinctive dialect of a cockney [2].
Cockney (a.) Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
Cockney (a.) Characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels".
Cockney (a.) Relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins".
Cockney (n.) A native of the east end of London.
Cockney (n.) The nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London
Cockneydom (n.) The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively. -- Thackeray.
Cockneyfy (v. t.) To form with the manners or character of a cockney. [Colloq.]
Cockneyish (a.) Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.
Cockneyism (n.) The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.
Compare: Lumpfish
Lumpfish (n.) (Zool.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish ({Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales.
The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker,
cock-paddle, sea owl.
Cock-paddle (n.) (Zool.) See Lumpfish. [Scot.]
Cockpit (n.) A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.
Henry the Eighth had built . . . a cockpit. -- Macaulay.
Cockpit (n.) The Privy Council
room at
Cockpit (n.) (Naut.) That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.
Cockpit (n.) (Naut.) In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.
Cockpit (n.) In airplanes or boats, the space where the pilot or operator sits to control the vehicle. In airplanes it is usually in the front of the fuselage. In larger airplanes it may be closed off from the cabin, where the passengers travel.