COCK

noun a small boat.

2. cock ·noun a faucet or valve.

3. cock ·noun the indicator of a balance.

4. cock ·vt to set erect; to turn up.

5. cock ·noun a small concial pile of hay.

6. cock ·noun the style of gnomon of a dial.

7. cock ·noun a chief man; a leader or master.

8. cock ·noun the notch of an arrow or crossbow.

9. cock ·noun the hammer in the lock of a firearm.

10. cock ·vt to put into cocks or heaps, as hay.

11. cock ·noun a vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.

12. cock ·vt to shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.

13. cock ·vt to set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.

14. cock ·noun a corruption or disguise of the word god, used in oaths.

15. cock ·vi to draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.

xvi. cock ·noun the crow of a cock, ·esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.

xvii. cock ·noun the male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

xviii. cock ·vt to draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.

xix. cock ·noun the bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.

xx. cock ·noun the act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.

xxi. cock ·vi to strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.

xxii. cock ·vt to turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.