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Cock"er, n. [OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. k÷cher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows).] A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] Drayton.

Cock"er*el (?), n. [Prob. a double dim. of cock.] A young cock.

Cock"et (?), a. [F. coquet coquettish. See Coquette, n.] Pert; saucy. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Cock"et, n. 1. (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.

2. An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered. [Eng.]

3. A measure for bread. [Obs.] Blount.

Cock"eye` (?), n. [From cock to turn up.] A squinting eye. Forby.

Cock"eye`, n. (Mach.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.

Cock"fight` (?), n. A match or contest of gamecocks.

Cock"fight`ing, n. The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.

Cock"fight`ing, a. Addicted to cockfighting.

Cock"head` (?), n. (Mach.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.

Cock"horse` (?), n. 1. A child's rocking-horse.

Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. Mother Goose.

2. A high or tall horse. [R.]

Cock"horse`, a. 1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.

2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.

Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. Marlowe.

Cock`ie*leek"ie (?), n. Same as Cockaleekie.

Cock"ing, n. Cockfighting. Ben Jonson.

Coc"kle (k&obreve;k"k'l), n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS. s&aemacr;coccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by F. coquille shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. Coach.] 1. (Zo÷l.) 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.

2. A cockleshell.

3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners. Raymond.

4. The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] Knight.

5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast. Knight.

6. 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.

Coc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cockled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cockling (?).] [Of uncertian origin.] To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.