Bible Dictionaries
Cock

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.

(2):

(v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.

(3):

(v. t.) To set erect; to turn up.

(4):

(n.) The indicator of a balance.

(5):

(n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow.

(6):

(n.) The hammer in the lock of a firearm.

(7):

(v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.

(8):

(v. t.) To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.

(9):

(v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.

(10):

(v. i.) To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.

(11):

(v. t.) To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.

(12):

(n.) A small boat.

(13):

(n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths.

(14):

(n.) The style of gnomon of a dial.

(15):

(n.) A faucet or valve.

(16):

(n.) The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.

(17):

(n.) A chief man; a leader or master.

(18):

(n.) A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.

(19):

(n.) The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

(20):

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

(21):

(n.) A small concial pile of hay.

(22):

(n.) The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cock.html. 1828.