Part 2058

<blockquote>He begins at curfew, and walks till the first <b>cock</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A faucet or valve.</def>

<note>&hand; Jonsons says, "The handly probably had a <i>cock</i> 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 <i>in forma crit\'91 galli</i>, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb.</note>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The style of gnomon of a dial.</def>

<i>Chambers.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>The indicator of a balance.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<cs><col>Ball cock</col>. <cd>See under <er>Ball</er>.</cd> -- <col>Chaparral cock</col>. <cd>See under <er>Chaparral</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Cock and bull story</col>, <col>an extravagant</col></mcol>, <cd>boastful story; a canard.</cd> -- <col>Cock of the plains</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Sage cock</er>.</cd> -- <col>Cock of the rock</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a South American bird (<spn>Rupicola aurantia</spn>) having a beautiful crest.</cd> -- <col>Cock of the walk</col>, <cd>a chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors.</cd> -- <col>Cock of the woods</col>. <cd>See <er>Capercailzie</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cock</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Cock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cocked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cocking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Gael. <ets>coc</ets> to cock.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To set erect; to turn up.</def>

<blockquote>Our Lightfoot barks, and <b>cocks</b> his ears. <i>Gay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Dick would <b>cock</b> his nose in scorn. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>cocked</b> their hats in each other's faces. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.</def>

<cs><col>Cocked hat</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also <altname>three-cornered hat</altname><-- or tricorn -->. <sd>(b)</sd> A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Cock</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

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<hw>Cock</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; <as>as, a <ex>cock</ex> of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy <ex>cock</ex>.</as></def>

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<hw>Cock</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>cocca</ets> notch of an arrow.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The notch of an arrow or crossbow.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The hammer in the lock of a firearm.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>At cock</col>, <col>At full cock</col></mcol>, <cd>with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action.</cd> -- <col>At half cock</col>. <cd>See under <er>Half</er>.</cd> -- <col>Cock feather</col> <fld>(Archery)</fld>, <cd>the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch.</cd></cs>