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Cock
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
(2):
(v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
(3):
(v. t.) To set erect; to turn up.
(4):
(n.) The indicator of a balance.
(5):
(n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
(6):
(n.) The hammer in the lock of a firearm.
(7):
(v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.
(8):
(v. t.) To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
(9):
(v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
(10):
(v. i.) To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.
(11):
(v. t.) To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.
(12):
(n.) A small boat.
(13):
(n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths.
(14):
(n.) The style of gnomon of a dial.
(15):
(n.) A faucet or valve.
(16):
(n.) The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
(17):
(n.) A chief man; a leader or master.
(18):
(n.) A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
(19):
(n.) The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.
(20):
(n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
(21):
(n.) A small concial pile of hay.
(22):
(n.) The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cock.html. 1828.
