<B>cockcrow, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the crowing of a rooster. <DD><B> 2. </B>the time when roosters begin to crow; dawn. </DL>
<A NAME="cockcrowing">
<B>cockcrowing, </B>noun. =cockcrow.</DL>
<A NAME="cockedhat">
<B>cocked hat,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. </B>a hat with the brim turned up. <DD><B> 2. </B>a hat pointed in front and in back. <BR><I>expr. <B>knock into a cocked hat,</B> </I>(Informal.) to destroy completely; defeat; ruin. <BR> <I>Ex. You can knock all the story books in the world into a cocked hat without shaking an iota of my faith (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cocker">
<B>cocker</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=cocker spaniel.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who arranges or attends cockfights. </DL>
<A NAME="cocker">
<B>cocker</B> (2), transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to indulge; pamper. </DL>
<A NAME="cockerel">
<B>cockerel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a young rooster, not more than a year old. </DL>
<A NAME="cockerspaniel">
<B>cocker spaniel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of small dogs with long, silky hair and drooping ears; cocker. It is the smallest of the hunting dogs, but is now raised mainly as a show dog and pet. </DL>
<A NAME="cocket">
<B>cocket, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a seal of the custom house. <DD><B> 2. </B>a document sealed and delivered by custom-house officers as a warrant that goods have been duly entered and duty on them has been paid. </DL>
<A NAME="cockeye">
<B>cockeye, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an eye that squints or is affected with cross-eye. </DL>
<A NAME="cockeyed">
<B>cockeyed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=cross-eyed.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) tilted or twisted to one side. <BR> <I>Ex. Mary's cup, cock-eyed in the saucer, rested by her chair (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) foolish; silly. <BR> <I>Ex. They did some cock-eyed things, but they had dash and imagination (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cockfeather">
<B>cock feather,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the feather standing on top when an arrow is notched on the string. </DL>
<A NAME="cockfight">
<B>cockfight, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fight between roosters or between gamecocks armed with steel spurs. </DL>
<A NAME="cockfighting">
<B>cockfighting, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> fighting by roosters or gamecocks for the entertainment of spectators. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a cockfight or cockfights. </DL>
<A NAME="cockhorse">
<B>cockhorse, </B>noun. =rocking horse.</DL>
<A NAME="cockieleekie">
<B>cockie-leekie, </B>noun. =cockaleekie.</DL>
<A NAME="cockle">
<B>cockle</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>-led,</B> <B>-ling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a small, saltwater shellfish that is good to eat. It has a ridged shell in two hinged halves that are somewhat heart-shaped. <BR> <I>Ex. Someone passed around a jar of pickled cockles and we ate these with our bitters (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>any one of various similar or related mollusks. <DD><B> c. </B>its heart-shaped shell; cockleshell. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small, light, shallow boat; cockleboat; cockleshell. <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S.) a small, shell-shaped candy of sugar and flour with a motto rolled up inside. <DD><B> 4. </B>a bulge on the surface; pucker; wrinkle. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to curl or wrinkle up; pucker. <BR> <I>Ex. Paper sometimes cockles when you paste it.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to rise in short, irregular waves; be choppy. <BR> <I>Ex. The sea cockled as the wind blew.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cause to curl or wrinkle; crease; pucker. <BR><I>expr. <B>cockles of one's heart,</B> </I>the inmost part of one's heart or feelings. <BR> <I>Ex. Her warm welcome touched her grandfather to the cockles of his heart.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cockle">
<B>cockle</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a weed that grows in grainfields, such as the corn cockle, darnel, and cocklebur. </DL>
<A NAME="cockle">
<B>cockle</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a stove or furnace. <DD><B> 2. </B>a part of a stove or furnace, such as the fire chamber. </DL>
<A NAME="cockleboat">
<B>cockleboat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, light, shallow boat. </DL>
<A NAME="cocklebur">
<B>cocklebur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of several weeds with rough, heart-shaped, irregular leaves and spiny burs, inside of which are the seeds; clotbur. Cockleburs belong to the composite family. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=burdock.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cocklebutton">
<B>cockle button,</B> =burdock.</DL>
<A NAME="cocklehat">
<B>cockle hat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hat adorned with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. </DL>
<A NAME="cockler">
<B>cockler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who gathers or sells cockles or mollusks. </DL>
<A NAME="cockleshell">
<B>cockleshell, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a shell or half of the shell of a cockle. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a small, light, shallow boat; cockleboat; cockle. <DD><B> b. </B>a small rowboat; cockboat. <BR> <I>Ex. None but a madman would sail in yon cockleshell with a gale coursing (Mary E. Braddon).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cockloft">
<B>cockloft, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small attic; garret. </DL>
<A NAME="cockmetal">
<B>cock metal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a soft alloy consisting of various proportions of copper and lead, and sometimes zinc, used especially for faucets. </DL>
<A NAME="cockney">
<B>cockney, </B>noun, pl. <B>-neys,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a person born or living in the eastern section of London, who speaks a particular dialect of English. By tradition a cockney is one who was born within the sound of Bow bells. <DD><B> b. </B>the dialect of cockneys. In the dialect of cockney, words like <I>lady</I> and <I>road</I> are pronounced as "lie dee" and "roud", and most sounds represented by "h" are not pronounced. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) <DD><B> a. </B>a pampered child. <DD><B> b. </B>a squeamish, affected, or effeminate person. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or like cockneys or their dialect. </DL>
<A NAME="cockneydom">
<B>cockneydom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the place in which cockneys live. <DD><B> 2. </B>cockneys collectively. </DL>
<A NAME="cockneyese">
<B>cockneyese, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the cockney dialect. </DL>
<A NAME="cockneyfy">
<B>cockneyfy, </B>verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to give cockney qualities to; make cockney. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become cockney. noun <B>cockneyfication.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cockneyish">
<B>cockneyish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like a cockney or cockneys. </DL>
<A NAME="cockneyism">
<B>cockneyism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cockney peculiarity of speech, custom, etc.; cockney quality. <BR> <I>Ex. Men ... had so steeped their brains in London literature as to mistake cockneyism for European culture (James Russell Lowell).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cockoftherock">
<B>cock of the rock,</B> or <B>cock-of-the-rock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a brightly colored South American bird of the same family as the cotinga. </DL>
<A NAME="cockofthewalk">
<B>cock of the walk,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) the master or undisputed leader of any group. </DL>
<A NAME="cockofthewoods">
<B>cock of the woods,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the northern pileated woodpecker of the United States and Canada. <BR> <I>Ex. The redhead ... is named Dryocupus Pileatus, the Latin name for the Pileated Woodpecker or cock of the woods (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cockpaddle">
<B>cockpaddle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) the lumpfish. </DL>
<A NAME="cockpit">
<B>cockpit, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the place where the pilot sits in an airplane. <DD><B> 2. </B>the small, open place in a boat where the pilot or passengers sit. <DD><B> 3. </B>the place where the driver sits in a racing or sport car. <DD><B> 4. </B>an enclosed place for fights between roosters or gamecocks. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) the scene of many fights or battles. <BR> <I>Ex. Belgium is often called the cockpit of Europe.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>the rooms below the deck in warships of former times, used as quarters for junior officers, or as a hospital during battle. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Obsolete.) the pit of a theater. </DL>
<A NAME="cockroach">
<B>cockroach, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several small, brownish or yellowish insects often found in kitchens and around water pipes. Cockroaches usually come out at night. They have flattened oval bodies and an unpleasant odor. <BR> <I>Ex. If the cockroaches Blatta and Periplaneta are subjected to alternating 12-hour periods of light and dark, their activity is largely confined to the latter (J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cockrobin">
<B>cock robin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a male robin. </DL>
<A NAME="cockscomb">
<B>cockscomb, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fleshy, red part on the top of a rooster's head. <DD><B> 2. </B>a pointed cap somewhat like this, worn by a jester or clown. <DD><B> 3. </B>Also, <B>coxcomb.</B> a plant with crested or feathery clusters of red, purple, white, or yellow flowers. Cockscomb belongs to the amaranth family and is often grown in gardens. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) a conceited dandy; fool; coxcomb. <DD><B> 5. </B>Also, <B>coxcomb.</B> (Obsolete.) the head. </DL>
<A NAME="cocksfoot">
<B>cocksfoot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tall, coarse, perennial grass, native to Europe but widely naturalized, valuable for hay and pasture, having a branched panicle shaped like a cock's foot; orchard grass. </DL>
<A NAME="cockshead">
<B>cockshead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an herb of the pea family, closely allied to the sainfoin, growing in Mediterranean regions. </DL>
<B>cockshy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-shies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the sport of throwing at a target (originally a cock). <DD><B> 2. </B>a throw at a target. <DD><B> 3. </B>the target or object aimed at. </DL>
<A NAME="cockspur">
<B>cockspur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the spur of a cock. <DD><B> 2. </B>a North American hawthorn with long, sharp thorns, sometimes cultivated as an ornamental shrub; cockspur thorn. </DL>
<B>cocksure, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>too sure; overly confident. <BR> <I>Ex. In the club car men were crying out their simple, cocksure solutions for the United States of America (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>perfectly sure; absolutely certain. (SYN) confident, positive. <DD><I>adv. </I> with perfect security or certainty. adv. <B>cocksurely.</B> noun <B>cocksureness.</B> </DL>
