cock 
-. . .'ed a young fi-llow with a tolerable periwig, had 
it not I, een eoven-d will) a hat that was shaped in the 
Ramillie .vict. ,,. . uiintry Fashions. 
3 One of the flaps or parts of a hat turned up. 
See /Ill/i. 
COCk ; ' (kok). H. [Perhaps Scand. : cf. Dan. 
kit/.- (Wedftrood), a heap, pile, = Sw. kokit, a 
elod of earth, = led. l.-iil;kr, n lump, a ball; cf. ,. 
also (1. dial, kurl.-i; a heap of hay. Perhaps in cocka'd'ed 
part a var. of coy) 1 = colfi, a haycock: see </<-. 
Hence prob. the dim. m,/i/l, ''. } A small conical 
pile of hay, so shaped for shedding rain ; a ha \ - 
cock. 
COCk :i (kok), r. t. [< cpcA:3, .] In /(//-//, /</./. 
to put into cocks or piles. 
COCK 4 t (kok), n. [Early mod. E. also cm-ki- : < 
Mi; "cok (only in comp. cokboot, cockboat), 
also in the form <</ (nfler Lli. or Seaud.), = 
O1IU. koclw, MHO. koi-ki; /-<7,v, i;. 1,-m-kr (also 
with alteration, ML<i. koi/i/i; kiujhe, LG. k 
= MI), /;oyi/ln; U. kni/ = led. /.-iii/i/r, mod. k 
1077 
Tliey'd lietter stay'd aa', man, 
II' ike parade. 
Battle qf Trail ,< i;..., -(Child's Ballads, VII. 18). 
The Duchesse de I, anonym orders eight fufkadrtot rib- 
IMIII, blue, [link, and whit.-. 
>."/ Bn . s. s.,XLII. 202. 
('<) \ part "I the iivn>..f ai hiiian or footman, consist- 
ing of a rosette, uiiull.\ of hiaek leather, worn on the left 
~ vv. ,..,,..,,,, . ., , r,,,, n 1, ,, ,,,,-, , n ,J, ,J|| LIIU lelfc ;, ,. 
nidi- of the hat NO that it projects a little al,,,ve the crown. , ,. , , 
:ockaded (ko-ka'ded), a. [< cockade + -cd*.] cockapertt (kok -ptot), . [< ,./,! , 
Wearim; a mekade. /'"'' <'ifter mnlu,,, rl); <{. cnil-n-hoop, 
U ell fashion',! ,,. an, ./,,,W brow. "a***! a?"ie*H! ' ! 
Well fashion .1 li-ure and nrkmlnl brow. 
Yi.iin,,, Niu-ht Thought*, V. 855. 
cockatrice 
and his imitators, in whieh eoeks moralize and 
bulls debate.] I laving no foundation in fa, 
probability; incredible because not plausible: 
applied to idle and absurd rumors and stories. 
Also coi-k-UHil-il-liiill. [< 'olloq.] 
Von have some tt lory al.nt him, I fancy. 
'"lam. V. 11. 
[<<//. 1 or rufl,- + 
\i, 001 
cockardt, . An obsolete form of eockm/i . 
= MI), lioggke, D. kni/ = led. /./(</<//. mod. kni/i/i 
= OS\v. kiii/i/n; S\v. dial. /<///, //,'= Dan. /,</,/'< , 
/.'</</, > MM. mi/i/i; mod. E. ci"/ 1 , q. v.), < OF. 
coque, F. coque = Sp. coon = It. cocca, formerly 
also cueca (ML. reflex cocca, coeeo, and (after 
lj<i.) '.'/.</, <'".'/.'/", >.'/"/ cf. Corn, coe = W. 
ciech = Gael. Ir. coca = Bret, koked), a boat; 
all prob. < ML. coiii'ha, a boat more or IMC 
<"< / <i hooj> or OH Me Aoo/> or a-hoop (which see, 
under i-m-l. i . . ). Commonly referred to an as- 
sumed I', on/ IIHI>/II:: coq = E. codt 1 ; <J, < L. 
nd, to; huj>)ic, OF. /iw/w, a crest: see hoopoe.] 
I. . 1. Exultant; jubilant; triumphant; on 
the high horse. 
Cut* "/!""/'<""/" ajiu]*, 1. e., cock with a cope-brcst or 
,. , .,.., ,. ! less TJ " L WB.J 
shell-shaped, a gondola, a particular use (like COCk-a-noop (kok'a-h8p'), arfti. [< cock-a-hoon, 
E. s/-, a boat) of L. concha, a shell, a snail's "-J In an exultant or jubilant manner; reek- 
shell, any shell, a shell-shaped vessel, > It. lessl y- 
cniicii = Sp. Pg. concha = F. coque, a shell, the dxk-mhnop (I. c., the spigot or cock being laid on the 
hull of a ship: see com-li, and cf. cockle".] A "oop and the hamd ol rale stunn'd, I.e., drank out without 
small boat ; a cockboat ; a skiff. intermission), at the height of mirth and Jollky.^ ^ 
i,,i,h',i i^her^ocL-he^colk fbu'ov They possesse,! that Ingenuous habit of mind which ali 
J^^^r&sv*.a aBSSSw^Sj^ast-*^ 
COCk'' (kok), n. [< It. cocca, n., the nock of an Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 189. 
arrow, poet, an arrow, dart, = Pr. coca = F. Cockaigne, Cocagne (ko-kan'), n. [Also Cocft- 
cochc, a nock, notch, nick, nib of a pen; perhaps ayne, etc., in various archaic forms after ME 
iltic origin: cf. cog*.] A. nock or notch, cockaigne,cokayyne, cockagne, cokayne, cocaigne, 
i., < OF. cocaigne, cokaigne, coquaigne, co- 
_ , . [Amer. Ind.] A 
chief minister or eaptain among the Imliaiis of 
Virginia; hence, a person of eonseqnoneo. 
A Coekarorue Is one that has the honor to be of the king's 
or queen's council, with relation to the affairs of the gor- 
ernmeut, and has a great share In the adminlstrai ion. 
Beeerley, Virginia, lit 5 45. 
Thus a fish finding Itself entangled uould flounce, and 
often pull the man under water, and then that man was 
high terms counted a euckarutur, or brave follow, that would not let 
Bailey, 1733 "" tm with swimming, wading, and diving, he had tired 
. ,,, the .turgeon, and brought it ashore. 
With victory was cocka-hooji. Beterley, Virginia, U. ^ 28. 
s. Butler, Hudibra.. cockateel (kok-a-tel'), n. [< cockatoo, with 
S.^Tipsy; slightly intoxicated. [Scotch.] term, arbitrarily altered (-eel perhaps for dim. 
-(//').] A cockatoo of the genus Calojisitta, 
as the Australian C. nnra--hnllandia: P. L. 
Muter. 
cockatoo (kok-a-td'), 11. [Earlier cacatoo, caca- 
toe; = D. kakaioe, kakketoe = G. kakadu = Dan. 
kakadue = Sw. cacadu, kakadu = F. kdkutoes = 
NL. cacatua. < Hind, kiiki'ilim, Malay kakalua, a 
cockatoo: so called in imitation of its cry. Cf. 
~" M (to which the word has been assimilated) 
comb, F.), all HINDI the spur; standing upon high terms. 
E ' 
And liavina routed a whole troop, 
. 
. A bumper. [Scotch.] 
and cackle.] The name of many beautiful birds 
of the parrot family, subfamily Cacatuiiue 
(which see), and especially of the genus Cacatua. 
. . , 
especially that in the butt-end of an arrow, or 
on the stock of a crossbow, which receives or 
retains the string. 
cock^t, v. i. [ME. cocken, cokken, fight, contend ; 
origin obscure ; appar. not connected with cocfcl, 
n. Cf. cock 1 , v., II.] To fight; contend, 
lie wole greuncn (ijrin, snarl], cocken and chlden. 
Old Kng. MUcellany, p. 2138. 
Lord that lenest us lyf . . . 
For to cocke with knyf nast [ne hast] thou none nede. 
Political Sonus (ed. Wright), p. 15. 
Mon that syth [in a dream] briddea cokkynde, 
Of wraththe that is toknynge. Kel. Antiq., I. 262. 
COcfcOf, n. [ME. cocke; from the verb.] Fight. 
Mi hende at cocke, ml (Ingres at flght [manua meat ad 
prcehum, et digitot meox ad bellum, Vulg.J. 
Ps. cxliii. (cxliv.) 1 (ME. version). 
cock 7 (kok), v. t. A variant of calk*. 
Cautious men when they went on the roads had their 
horses' shoes cocked. Trollope. 
COCk 8 (kokX n. [ME. cocke, perhaps < AS. "cocc, 
in comp. ste-coccas, pi., sea-cockles (prob. < W. 
cocoa, cocs, cockles), but perhaps abbr. of cockel, 
cokel: see cockle"*.} A cockle. [Prov. Eng.] 
Frydayes and fastyng-dayes a ferthyng-worth of muscles 
Were a feste for suche folke, other so fele Imany] cockei 
|var. cokeles]. piers Plowman (C), x. 95. 
cockt (kok), v. t. [See cocker*.] To pamper; 
cocker. B. Jonson. 
cock 10 t, n. [ME. cocke, < L. coccum, scarlet : see 
coccus.] Scarlet. 
Clothid with bljce [byssus] and purpur and cocke, 
Wyclif, Apoc. xvlli. 16 (Oxf.). 
caiiiyne, quoquaingnc, F. cocagne(= 8p.ccaa= 
Pg. cucanha = It. cocagna, cucagna, now cucca- 
<jna), profit, advantage, abundance, a time of 
abundance ; pays de cocagne, Land of Cocagne 
(It. "Cocagna, as we say, Lubberland"; "Cuca- 
gna, the epicures or gluttons home, the land of 
all delights : so taken in mockerie " Florio), an 
imaginary country of luxury and idleness ; ori- 
gin unknown ; in one view "the land of cakes," 
< OF. as if "coque, Picard couque = Cat. coca, a 
cake, appar. either < D. koek (= OHG. chueUto, 
AIHG. kuoche, G. kitchen), a cake (see cooky), 
or ult. < L. coquere, cook (see coofcl). Usually 
associated with cockney (whence the second 
sense), but the connection, if real, is remote: 
see cockney.'] 1 . An imaginary country of idle- 
ness and luxury; lotus-land. 
In Cokaygne Is met and drink 
Withvte care, bow [anxiety] and swink 
Land o/Cokaygne, 1. 17 (Early Eng. Poems, ed. FurnlvallX 
2. [In this sense cited also as Cockeney, Cock- 
ney, as in the lines quoted. See cockney.] The 
land of cockneys ; London and its suburbs. 
A London cockney. This nickname is more than four 
hundred years old. For when Hugh Bigot added artificial 
fortiltcations to his naturally strong Castle of Bungey In 
Suffolk, he gave out this rhythme, therein vaunting it for 
impregnable : 
" Were I in my castle of Bungay, 
Upon the river of Waveney, 
I wouldne care for the King of Cockney." 
Cockatoo (Cacatu 
. 
Meaning thereby King Henry the Second, then quietly 
ixMsessed of London, whilst some other places did resist 
htm. Rat/ (quoting Camden), Proverbs (2ded. 1678), p. 321. 
cock 11 *, n. A perversion of or substitution for 
the word God, occurring in oaths, such as 
"(By) cock's body" (bones, wounds, nouns, 
etc.), "by coot and pye," etc. Compare gog 
in similar use. 
cockade (ko-kad'), [Formerly pron. ko-kiid', 
being a corruption of eockard = D. kokarde = G. 
cocarde = Dan. kokardc = Sw. kokard (= Sp. CM- , - ^ 
earoa = Pg. cocarda, cocar), < F. cocarde, for- , e used m P^y 111 ^ th game; the astraga- 
merly coquardc, a cockade (so called from its i I 13 r ankle-bone, incorrectly called hucklebone. 
resemblance to the crest of a cock), < coq, a ? , ,, 
cock: see cocfc 1 and -ard.] A clasp, button, or co pk-ale (kok al), n. A favorite drink of the 
other fastening used to secure and hold up the e ;g nteenth centurv, made by flavoring a cask of 
cock of the hat; hence, any knot or rosette ? le wlth . ra ! sms ' dates > nutmeg, spice, and the 
of ribbnn WrrieT- wnrsitorl ,'. .,1 1,.,,. ,,,,..,...;.. i broth or lelly of a fowl, addincr veast. and allow- 
of ribbon, leather, worsted, or other material, 
worn on the hat. () A badge of adherence to a 
cause, party, or political league. Such were the white 
cockade worn in England by the followers of the Stuarts 
about 1740-45 anil the black cockade worn In opposi- 
meeting of the States General in 1789, cockades at first 
of green, were adopted by the party of action ; the color 
was afterward changed to the traditional colors of Paris, 
blue and red, and to these was added the white of the 
house of Bourbon, as the revolutionists were still royal- 
ists. This, according to the common account, was the 
origin of the French tricolor. 
They are for the most part white, tinged with sulphury 
yellow or rose-color, and with elegant recurved crests re- 
semhling helmets, which can lie erected at will. They In- 
habit the East Indies Australia, etc. The sulphur-crested 
cockatoo, Cacatua galeriia, of Australia, and the red-vented 
cockatoo, C. hoemati^njirUt, are characteristic examples. 
Black cockatoos belong to the related genus Calyptorhyn- 
chu.- Helmet-cockatoo, Callocfphalon galeatum.'Ra.- 
ven-cockatOO, one of the black cockatoos of the genus 
Calyptorhynchue, as C. tankri. 
cockatrice (kok'a-tris or -tris), n. [Early mod. 
E. also coccatrice; < ME. cocatryse, kokatrice, < 
OF. cocatnce, cocatris, cocatrix, cocatriz, coqa- 
nr tris, coquatrix, chocatrix, cocastris, coqttaatrin, 
[Obsolete except in historical use or in literary caucatris, caucatri, qualquetrix, an ichneumon, 
or humorous allusion.] a crocodile, a cockatrice, F. cocatrix, a cocka- 
lockalt (kok'al), H. [Origin uncertain. Cf. *" ce i = P F - calcatrix = Sp. cocatriz, cocadri:, 
cockle^.] 1. "A game played with the ankle- c ocotriz, a crocodile, = It. cocatnce (ML. coca- 
bones of a sheep in the place of dice. 2. The trix < -*"'c-), a cockatrice: all corruptions of L. 
-'--- ''-- - ^ crocodilvs, a crocodile ; cf. crocodt'/eauditsobs. 
forms cockodrill, cokodrille. Popularly associat- 
ed with cock 1 , hence the fable of its origin.] 1. 
A fabulous monster reputed to be hatched by a 
serpent from a cock's egg, repre- 
sented as possessing characters 
belonging to both animals, and 
supposed to have the power of 
killing bv the glance of its eye ; 
a basilisk. It occurs as a bearing 
in heraldry, represented as having 
the heaxl, legs, and feet of the cock, a 
serpent's body and tail, and dragon- 
.> . , , 
. oth , or J? v of a fowl> addin g y east - an d allow 
l^Lw ?v ^^1^^ a Bieker ^f- 
OCK-a-leCKie (kok a-le kl), n. Same as COckie- 
Iffkie. 
greve) ; cf. F. coq-a-Fdne, a cock-and-bull story, 
formerly "du coq A Vasne, a libel, pasquin, 
satyre" (Cotgrave) (a tale of the 'cock to the 
ass'): in allusion to some fable about a cock 
and a bull, or in general allusion to the strain 
on credulity produced by the fables of 
wings. It is generally represented in 
profile, as if passant ; but when blazoned displayed it is 
depicted affronte, so as to show both wings. 
They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web. 
Isa. lix. S. 
And kill with looks as Cockatrices doo. 
Speiuer, Sonnet*, zliz. 
