Cock

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• The Cock

  1) On the north side of Fleet Street, facing Middle Temple Gate, behind the bouses in Fleet Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• cock, or chief cock of the walk

  The leading man in any society or body; the best boxer in a village or district. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cock

  That curved arm affixed to the lock of small arms, which, when released by the touch of the trigger,...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Cock

  (Matthew 26:34; Mark 13:35; 14:30) etc. The domestic cock and hen were early known to the ancient Gr...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• The Cock, Cock Alley

  The sign of the Cocke in Woodstreate and the alley called "Cocke Alley," 36 H. VIII. 1544 (L. and P....

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• Air cock

  ·- A faucet to allow escape of air. ...

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• Cock-brained

  ·adj Giddy; rash. ...

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• Cock-padle

  ·noun ·see <<Lumpfish>>. ...

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• Dandy-cock

  ·noun ·f ·Alt. of Dandy-hen. ...

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• Grease cock

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of <<Cup>>. ...

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• Sea cock

  ·- The black-bellied plover. II. Sea cock ·- A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini). ...

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• Try cock

  ·add. ·- A cock for withdrawing a small quantity of liquid, as for testing. ...

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• Water cock

  ·- A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the b...

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• Cock-crowing

  In our Lord's time the Jews had adopted the Greek and Roman division of the night into four watches,...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Cock Alehouse

  Adjoining the Church of St. Bartholomew by the Exchange (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 123). Demolished ...

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• Cock Alley

  1) On the north side of Ludgate Street, a passage to Amen Corner and other places (O. and M. 1677-Bo...

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• Cock Court

  1) South out of Ludgate Hill at No. 19, in Farringdon Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Elmes, 1831). A pa...

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• Cock Hill

  South out of Catherine Wheel Alley to New Street, Bishopsgate (P.O Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward W...

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• Cock Inn

  On the south side of Leadenhall Street at No. 51, opposite Creechurch Lane (Lockie, 1810-16). Not n...

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• Cock Lane

  1) East out of Snow Hill, at No. 9, to Giltspur Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without....

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• Cock Yard

  1) West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). ~The s...

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• bully cock

  One who foments quarrels in order to rob the persons quarrelling. ...

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• cock ale

  A provocative drink. ...

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• cock alley

  The private parts of a woman. ...

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• cock lane

  The private parts of a woman. ...

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• cock bawd

  A male keeper of a bawdy-house. ...

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• cock hoist

  A cross buttock. ...

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• cock pimp

  The supposed husband of a bawd. ...

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• cock robin

  A soft, easy fellow. ...

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• cock-sure

  Certain: a metaphor borrowed front the cock of a firelock, as being much more certain to fire than t...

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• flat cock

  A female. ...

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• shy cock

  One who keeps within doors for fear of bailiffs. ...

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• spatch cock

  (Abbreviation of DISPATCH COCK.) A hen just killed from the roost, or yard, and immediately skinned,...

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• cock-schnapper

  n. a fish; the smallest kind of Schnapper (q.v.). See also Count-fish. 1882. Rev. I. E. Tenison-Wo...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• half cock

  'To go off at half cock,' is a metaphorical expression borrowed from the language of sportsmen, and ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• cock-leet

  i. e. cock-light, day-break ; or sometimes the dusk of the evening. Exmoor. ...

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• gor-cock

  , GOR-HEN, grouse, according to the sex. York. ...

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• lob-cock

  a clumsy lubberly fellow. North. ...

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• shirl-cock

  a thrush. Derb. ...

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• skiddey-cock

  a water-rail. W. ...

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• cock-bill

  The situation of the anchor when suspended from the cat-head ready for letting go. Also said of a ca...

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• cock-boat

  A very small boat used on rivers or near the shore. Formerly the cock was the general name of a yawl...

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• cock-paddle

  A name of the paddle or lump-fish (Cyclopterus lumpus). ...

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• half-cock

  To go off at half-cock is an unexpected discharge of a fire-arm; hurried conduct without due prepara...

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• harp-cock

  An old modification of the harpoon. ...

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• lob-cock

  A lubber; an old term of utter contempt. ...

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• pet-cock

  A tap, or valve on a pump. ...

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• skiddy-cock

  A west-country term for the water-rail. ...

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• sweetening cock

  A wholesome contrivance for preventing fetid effluvia in ships' holds, by inserting a pipe through t...

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• Cock-a-hoop

  ·adj Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially. ...

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• The Cock, Jewry Street

  See Cock Court. ...

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• Great Cock Alley

  North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, and east to White Cross Street (Rocque, 1746-...

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• Little Cock Alley

  1) North out of Redcross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-London Guide, 1758). It ...

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• Pheasant Cock Yard

  See Pheasant Court. ...

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• White Cock Alley

  South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of and leading to Dyers' Hall (O. and M. 1677). Purc...

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• White Cock Court

  East out of Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). Site has been rebuilt...

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• cock-a-whoop

  Elevated, in high-spirits, transported with joy. ...

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• cock your eye

  Shut one eye: thus translated into apothecaries Latin.--Gallus tuus ego. ...

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• to whip the cock

  A piece of sport practised at wakes, horse-races, and fairs in Leicestershire: a cock being tied or ...

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• cock-a-bully

  n. a popular name for the NewZealand fish Galaxias fasciatus, Gray, a corruption ofits Maori name Ko...

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• cock-eyed bob

  a local slang term in Western Australiafor a thunderstorm. 1894. `The Age,' Jan. 20, p. 13, col. 4:...

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• cock-a-hoop

  In full confidence, and high spirits. ...

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• Cock Alley, East Smithfield

  North out of Upper East Smithfield (In Bacon's map, 1912). Earliest mention: Hatton, 1708. Site se...

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• Cock Alley, Fleet Lane

  See Cock Court. ...

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• Cock Alley, Jewry Street

  See Cock Court. ...

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• Cock Alley, Ludgate Hill

  See Cock Court. ...

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• Cock and Bottle Court

  East out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 122). Not name...

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• Cock and Hoop Court

  Out of Addle Hill. In Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 230, to Boyle, 1799). Not name...

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• Cock and Hoop Yard

  East out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (in O.S. 1880 ed.). Earliest mention: O. and M. 1677. R...

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• Cock and Key Alley

  Near Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without. In a Wardmote Inquest, 1560, the inhabita...

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• Cock and Lion Court

  On the south side of Cornhill at No. 41, east of Birchin Lane (Lockie, 1816). ...

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• Cock and Py Court

  See Cockpit Court1, Poppings Court. ...

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• Cock and Wheatsheaf Alley

  See Clock and Wheatsheaf Alley, Court. ...

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• Cock Yard, Wormwood Street

  See Cock Alley. ...

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• Horshoe Alley, Cock Lane

  See Horshoe Court. ...

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• Thacker's Court, Cock Yard

  West out of Cock Yard on the west side of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, e...

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• cock of the company

  A weak man, who from the desire of being the head of the company associates with low people, and pay...

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• cock-horse and cockloft

  See Baxter's Glossary, in voce COCIDIS. ...

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• Cock and Crown Court, Aldersgate

  See Rose and Rainbow Court. ...

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• Red Lion Place, Cock Lane

  See Red Lion Buildings. ...

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• cock and a bull story

  A roundabout story, without head or tail, i.e. beginning or ending. ...

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• Cock Alley, St. Martin's le Grand

  See Cock Court. ...

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• Fasal Cock Yard, Angel Alley, Bishopsgate

  See Pheasant Court. ...

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• banbury story of a cock and a bull

  A roundabout, nonsensical story. ...

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