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• cock — 1. noun /kɑk,kɔːk,kɒk/ a) A male bird, especially a domestic fowl. All right, cock b) Male chicken or other gallinaceous bird. The farmhands stack the hay into cocks …   Wiktionary

• Cock — Cock, n. [It. cocca notch of an arrow.] 1. The notch of an arrow or crossbow. [1913 Webster] 2. The hammer in the lock of a firearm. [1913 Webster] {At cock}, {At full cock}, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; said of firearms, also,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cock feather — Cock Cock, n. [It. cocca notch of an arrow.] 1. The notch of an arrow or crossbow. [1913 Webster] 2. The hammer in the lock of a firearm. [1913 Webster] {At cock}, {At full cock}, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; said of firearms, also,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cock — Cock, v. t. To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cock — Cock, v. i. To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing. [1913 Webster] Cocked, fired, and missed his man. Byron. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cock — cock1 [käk] n. [ME cok < OE coc & OFr coq, like Dan kok, ON kokkr, of echoic orig.] 1. a) the male of the chicken; rooster b) the male of certain other birds 2. Archaic a) the crowing of a rooster, esp. at sunrise …   English World dictionary

• Firearm — A firearm is a tool that projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant. This process of rapid burning… …   Wikipedia

• cock — cock1 cocklike, adj. /kok/, n. 1. a male chicken; rooster. 2. the male of any bird, esp. of the gallinaceous kind. 3. Also called stopcock. a hand operated valve or faucet, esp. one opened or closed by rotating a cylindrical or tapered plug… …   Universalium

• cock — {{11}}cock (n.1) male chicken, O.E. cocc male bird, O.Fr. coc (12c., Mod.Fr. coq), O.N. kokkr, all of echoic origin. O.E. cocc was a nickname for one who strutted like a cock, thus a common term in the Middle Ages for a pert boy, used of… …   Etymology dictionary

• cock — I. /kɒk / (say kok) noun 1. a male chicken. 2. the male of any bird, especially of the gallinaceous kind. 3. Obsolete the crowing of the cock: they were up at first cock. 4. a leader; chief person; ruling spirit. 5. a device for permitting or… …  

• cock — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, of imitative origin Date: before 12th century 1. a. the adult male of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) b. the male of birds other than the domestic chicken c. woodcock d. archaic… …   New Collegiate Dictionary