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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cock \Cock\ (k[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[o^]kt); p.
pr & vb n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.]
1. To set erect; to turn up
Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. --Gay.
Dick would cock his nose in scorn. --Swift.
2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
They cocked their hats in each other's faces.
--Macaulay.
4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid,
as an expression of derision or insinuation.
{Cocked hat}.
a A hat with large stiff flaps turned up to a peaked
crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also
{three-cornered hat}
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cocking \Cock"ing\, n.
Cockfighting. --Ben Jonson
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