Definition of cock

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Cock (n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.

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Cockneys :: Cockneys (pl. ) of Cockne.
Sea Cock :: Sea cock () The black-bellied plover.
Coxswain :: Coxswain (n.) See Cockswain.
Cockfighting :: Cockfighting (n.) The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.
Ocellus :: Ocellus (n.) An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of the peacock..
Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice..
Trigger :: Trigger (n.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece..
Halfcock :: Halfcock (v. t.) To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
Fowl :: Fowl (n.) Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus)..
Flabellum :: Flabellum (n.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers..
Bibcock :: Bibcock (n.) A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle.
Cockle :: Cockle (v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting..
Tindal :: Tindal (n.) A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain..
Dumbledor :: Dumbledor (n.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer..
Pavan :: Pavan (n.) A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming..
Fasciated :: Fasciated (a.) Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb..
Cock :: Cock (n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths..
Air Cock :: Air cock () A faucet to allow escape of air.
Uncock :: Uncock (v. t.) To let down the cock of, as a firearm..
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