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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cŏck'eye, n. p. 246A squinting eye. Forby.Cŏck'-fēath'er, n. p. 246(Archery.) The feather which stood up on the arrow, when it was rightly placed upon the string, perpendicularly above the cock or notch. Nares.Cock'-fight, n. p. 246A match or contest of game-Cock'-fight'ing p. 246cocks.Cŏck'-hôrse, n. p. 246A child's rocking-horse. Halliwell. 2. A high or tall horse. [Rare.]Cŏck'-hŏrse, a. p. 246Raised 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.Cŏck'ing, n. p. 246Cock-fighting. Beau. & Fl.Cock'le, n. p. 246(Bot.) (a.) A plant or weed that grows among corn; the corn-rose, a species of Agrostemma (A. githago); (b.) The Lolium, or darnel. London. 2. [Fr. coquille, It. cochiglia, conchiglia, from Lat.…Cock'le, v. t. p. 246To contract into wrinkles resembling the ridges or ribs of the cockle-shell. Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain. Gay.Cŏck'le, v. i. p. 246To take the form of wrinkles or ridges. “A short cockling sea which must very soon have bulged the ship.” Cook.Cōck'le-ōast, n. p. 246That part of an oast or hop-kiln where the fire is made.Cŏck'ler, n. p. 246One who takes and sells cockles. Gray.Cŏck'le-shĕll, n. p. 246The shell or covering of a cockle.Cŏck'le-stâirs, n. pl. p. 246Winding or spiral stairs. Chambers.Cŏck'-lŏft, n. p. 246The top loft; the upper room in a house or other building; a lumber room. Dryden. Swift.Cŏck'-mās'ter, n. p. 246One who breeds game cocks. L'Estrange.Cŏck'-mătch, n. p. 246A match of cocks; a cock-fight. Addison.Cŏck'ney, n. p. 246An effeminate person. “A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling.” Nash, 1592. I am afraid this great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. Shak. 2. A native or resident of the city of…Cŏck'ney, a. p. 246Related to, or like, cockneys.Cŏck'ney-dōm, n. p. 246The region or home of cockneys. Thackeray.Cŏck'ney-fy, v. t. p. 246To form with the manners or character of a cockney. [Colloq.]Cŏck'ney-ish, a. p. 246Relating to, or like, cockneys.Cŏck'ney-īsm, n. p. 246The condition, qualities, manners, or dialect of a cockney.Cŏck'-pād/dle, n. p. 246(Ichth.) A species of Cyclopteride or sucker (C. lumpus); — called also lump-fish. [Scot.] Baird.Cŏck'pĭt, n. p. 246A pit, or area, where game-cocks fight. Shak. 2. The privy council room at Westminster; — so called because built on the cockpit of Whitehall palace. Brande. 3. (Naut.) A room or apartment, situated…Cŏck'rōach, n. p. 246(Entom.) An insect of several species of the genus Blatta, especially the B. orientalis. It has a long, flattish body, with large, thin wing-cases, and is very troublesome, infesting houses and…Cŏcks'cōmb, n. p. 246The caruncle or comb of a cock. 2. (Bot.) A plant of different genera, as the Celosia cristata, the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus crista-galli, and the Hedysarum crista-galli. Loudon. 3.…Cŏcks'hĕad, n. p. 246(Bot.) A plant, the Hedysarum caput-galli. Loudon.Cŏck'shŭt, n. p. 246The close of the day, when fowls go to roost. [Obs.] Shak. 2. A net to catch, or shut in, woodcock. [Obs.] Nares.Cŏck'spûr, n. p. 246The spur on the leg of the bird called cock. 2. (Bot.) A variety of Cratægus, or hawthorn (C. crus-galli). Loudon.Cŏck'sure, a. p. 246Confidently certain. [Low.] We steal as in a castle cocksure; . . . we walk invisible. Shak. ☞ The term is, perhaps, derived from the cock of a firelock, as being much more certain to fire than the…Cŏck'swain, n. p. 246(Naut.) The person who steers or pulls the after oar in a boat, and who, in the absence of an officer, commands it. Totten.Cŏck'-weed, n. p. 246A plant; pepperwort. Johnson.Cō'cōa, n. p. 246(Bot.) A palm-tree producing the cocoa-nut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of…Co-cōōn', n. p. 246An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state, and from these the silk of commerce is…Co-cōōn'er-y, n. p. 246A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.Cŏc'ti-ble, a. p. 246Capable of being baked or boiled.Cŏc'tĭle, a. p. 246Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.Cŏc'tion, n. p. 246The act of boiling. Boyle. 2. (Med.) (a.) The process of alteration undergone in the digestive organs by food. [Obs.] (b.) The alteration experienced by morbific matter before elimination. Dunglison.Cō'cus-wŏŏd, n. p. 246A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.Cŏd, n. p. 246Any husk, envelope, or case, containing the seeds of a plant; a pod. Mortimer. 2. A bag; especially a small bag for containing perfumes. [Obs.] Halliwell. 3. The scrotum, or bag-like integument…Cŏd, n. p. 247(Ichth.) (a.) A species of fish of the Gadus family, and species Morrhua vulgaris, inhabiting the northern seas, and especially the Banks of Newfoundland, in immense quantities. (b.) A species of the…Cō'dā, n. p. 247(Mus.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition. They may usually be omitted at pleasure.Cód'ded, a. p. 247Inclosed in a cod. Mortimer.Cŏd'dle, v. t. p. 247To parboil, or soften by the heat of water. It [the guava-fruit] may be coddled, and it makes good pies. Dampier. 2. To make much of; to treat with tenderness. How many of our English princes have…Ĕd'dy-mŏd'dy, n. p. 247A gull in the plumage of its first year.Cōde, n. p. 247An orderly collection, system, or digest of laws; a compilation or collection of laws by public authority; — originally used of the collection of laws, &c., made by Theodosius the younger; but, by…Co-dē′ine, n. p. 247(Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from opium, and one of its active medicinal principles. Gregory.Co-dĕt'tȧ, n. p. 247(Mus.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either.Cō'dex, n. p. 247A manuscript; a book; a code.Cŏd'-fish, n. p. 247Same as Cod.Cŏd'-fish'er, n. p. 247A person or a vessel employed in taking cod-fish.Cŏd'-fish'er-y, n. p. 247The business of fishing for cod.Cŏd'ger, n. p. 247A covetous or mean person. 2. A singular or odd old person.Cŏd'i-cal, a. p. 247Pertaining to a codex, or to a code.Cŏd'i-çĭl, n. p. 247A supplement to a will.Cŏd'i-çĭl'la-ry, a. p. 247Of the nature of a codicil.Cō'di-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 247The act or process of reducing laws to a code or system.Cō'di-fī'er, n. p. 247One who forms or reduces to a code.Cō'di-fy, v. t. p. 247To reduce to a code or digest, as laws.