Part 2064

<i>Dryden. Swift.</i>

<h1>Cockmaster</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"mas`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who breeds gamecocks.</def>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<h1>Cockmatch</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"match`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cockfight.</def>

<h1>Cockney</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"ney</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cockneys</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>cocknay</ets>, <ets>cokenay</ets>, a spoiled child, effeminate person, an egg; prob. orig. a cock's egg, a small imperfect egg; OE. <ets>cok</ets> cock + <ets>nay</ets>, <ets>neye</ets>, for <ets>ey</ets> egg (cf. <er>Newt</er>), AS. <ets>\'91g</ets>. See 1st <er>Cock</er>, <er>Egg</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An effeminate person; a spoilt child.</def> "A young heir or <i>cockney</i>, that is his mother's darling."

<i>Nash (1592).</i>

<blockquote>This great lubber, the world, will prove a <b>cockney</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuosly.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>cockney</b> in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cockney</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"ney</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.</def>

<h1>Cockneydom</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"ney*dom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Cockneyfi</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"ney*fi</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cockney</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To form with the manners or character of a cockney.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Cockneyish</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"ney*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.</def>

<h1>Cockneyism</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"ney*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The charasteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.</def>

<h1>Cock-padle</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"-pad`le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lumpfish</er>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Cockpit</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cock"pit`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.</def>

<blockquote>Henry the Eight had built . . . a <b>cockpit</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>