Cock: alternatives and connections

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

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A corner; angle; niche.

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A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

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A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called al…

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of Lie, to recline.

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To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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The male member, or organ of generation.

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The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.

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A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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A pit.

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of Set

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To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

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A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.

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One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.

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A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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A young cock.

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The male game fowl.

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An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

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An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

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The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock.

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An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

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One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.

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To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.

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That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

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The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.

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To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

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The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for ch…

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To swell; to bulge out.

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To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

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An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…

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