Part 2062

<hw>Cock"eye`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.</def>

<h1>Cockfight</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"fight`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A match or contest of gamecocks.</def>

<h1>Cockfighting</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"fight`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.</def>

<h1>Cockfighting</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"fight`ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Addicted to cockfighting.</def>

<h1>Cockhead</h1> <Xpage=273>

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

<h1>Cockhorse</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"horse`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A child's rocking-horse.</def>

<blockquote>Ride a <b>cockhorse</b> to Banbury cross. <i>Mother Goose.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A high or tall horse.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Cockhorse</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"horse`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lofty in feeling; exultant; pround; upstart.</def>

<blockquote>Our painted fools and <b>cockhorse</b> peasantry. <i>Marlowe.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cockieleekie</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock`ie*leek"ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cockaleekie</er>.</def>

<h1>Cocking</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Cockfighting.</def>

<i>Ben Jonson.</i>

<h1>Cockle</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Coc"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cockes</ets> cockles, AS. <ets>s<?/coccas</ets> sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. <ets>cocs</ets> cockles, Gael. <ets>cochull</ets> husk. Perh. influenced by EF. <ets>coquille</ets> shell, a dim. from the root of E. <ets>conch</ets>. Cf. <er>Coach</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus <spn>Cardium</spn>, especially <spn>C. edule</spn>, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cockleshell.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The fire chamber of a furnace.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>