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2 definitions found 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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