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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Cock-horse

Cŏck'-hôrse, n.

noun

n. 1. A child's rocking-horse. Halliwell.

Sense 2. A high or tall horse. [Rare.]

Cŏck'-hŏrse, a.

adjective

a. 1. Raised or lifted up, as one is on horseback. 2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud or imperious; upstart. “Our painted fools and cock-horse peasantry.” Marlowe.