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Show coc The fpider, in the houfe of a butgher, fell pre- fently to her network of drawing cobwebs up an L'Eftrange down 2. Any fnare, or trap : implying infi dioufnefs and weaknefs For he a rope of fand could twif As tough as learned Sorbonift And weave fine cobavebs fit for feul Hudibras That's empty when the moon is full Chronology at beft is but a ¢obaweb law, and h Dryden broke through it with his weight Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch fmal flies, but let wafps and hornets break through Co'coa. 7./ S‘wfft See Cacao CoccI'FEROUS adj [fro xoxxés an Jero, Lat.] All plants or trees are f called that have berries Quincy Co'cuINEAL 7 woodloufe. € €Coc [cochinilla Span An infeét gathered upon the opuntia, and dried from which a beautiful red colour is extracted Hill pecking5 but it was, I think, fo calle when it had not its prefent form. With hafty rage he fnatch' His gunfhot, that in holfters watch'd And bending cock, he levell'd ful Againtt th' outfide of Talgol's fkull Hudibras A feven-fhot gun carrles powder and bullets fo feven charges and difcharges. Under the breec of the barrel is one box for the powder; a littl before the loc anothe for the bullets fpires at St. Dennis, near Paris, hath wreath an cochlear turning abou it, whic agreeth with the deicription of the unicorn's hor in Alian Brown's Vulgar Errours Co'cHLEATED adj. [from cochlea, Lat. Of a {crewed or turbinated form Two pieces of ftone, {truck forth of the cavity o the umbilici of thells, of the fame fort with th foregoing: they are of a cochleated figure Woodward on Foffils COCK. #. /. [cocc; Saxon; cog, French. 1. The male to the hen ; a domeftick fowl semarkable for his gallantry, pride, an courage Cocks haye great combs and fpurs or none hens littl Bacon's Natural Hiftory True cocks 0" th' game That never afk for what, or whom, they figh But turn e out, and thew 'em but a foe Cry liberty, and that's a caufe of quarrel. Dryden The careful he - Calls all her chirping family around Fed and defended by the fearlefs coc _Thomfow's Spring 2. The male of any fmall birds Calves and philofophers, tygers and ftatefmen cock fparrows and coquets, exaltly refemble on another in the formation of the pineal gland Arbuthnot and Pope 3. The weathercock, that fhews the direction of the wind by turning You cataras and hurricanoes, fpou Till you have drench'd our fteeples, drown'd th cocks Shakefpeare 4. fpou to let out wate at will b turning the ftop : the handle had probably a cock on the top. Things that wer contrived to turn, feem anciently to hav had that form, whatever was the reafon ‘When every roo Hath blaz'd with lights, and bray'd with minftrelfy I have retir'd me to a wafteful cock And fet mine eyes at flow Shakefpeare It were good there were a little cock made in th kelly of the upper glafs Bacon's Natural Hiftory Thus the {mall jett, which hafty hands uniock Spirts in the gard'ner's eyes who turns the cock Pope 5. The notch of an arrow . 6. The part of the lock of a gun tha ftrikes with the-flint. [from cocca, Ital the notch of an arrow, Skinner, Perhap J;fio th aion like tha of a coc Sike mirth in May is meetcft for to make Or fummer fhade, under the cocked hay Spenfer's Paflorals 7o Cock. v. n 1. To ftrut; to hold up the head, and loo big, or menacing, or pert Sir Fopling is a fool {o nicely writ The ladies would miftake him for a wit behin And when he fings, talks loud, and cocks, would cry I vow, methinks, he's pretty company. Dryden Every one cocks and ftruts upon it, and pretend Grew a leader; a governin Sir Andrew is the ¢ock of the club fince he lef use Addifon My fchoolmafter call'd me a dunce and a fool But at cufts I was always the cock of the fchool 8. Cockcrowing morning a note of the time in We were caroufing till the fecond cock Shakefp He begins at curfew, and goes till the firft cock Shakefpeare barges 2, To train or ufe fighting cocks Cries out "gainft cocking, fince he cannot bez Cocka'pE. n. /. [from ceck. worn in the hat 10. A {mall heap of hay Shakefpecre cockatrices This was the end of this little cockatrice of king, that was dble to deftroy thofe that did no efpy him firft As foon as the dew is off the ground, {pread th hay again, and turn it, that it may wither on th Taylor My wife ! *tis fhe, the very cockatrice ! Congreve Co'ckroaT. #. [ [cock and boat {mall boat belonging to a fhip [from the com You fee many a fmart rhetorician turning hi hat in his hands, moulding it into feveral differen cocks Addifon 12, The ftyle or gnomon of a dial Chambers 13. The needle ofa balance 14. Cock on the Hoop. ‘Triumphant; exulting Now I am a frifker, all men on me look What fhould I do but fet cock on the hoop Camden's Remains You 'll make a mutiny among my guetts You will fet cock a boop Shake[peare For Hudibras, who thought h' had wo The field, as certain as a gun And having routed ghe whole troop With viory was cock a boop Hudibras 70 Cock. @. a. [from the noun. 1. To fet eret ; to hold bolt uprigh a cock holds his head That invincible armada, which having not fire a cottage of ours at land, nor taken a cockboat o ours at fea, wandered through the wildernefs of th northern feas Bacen Did they think it lefs difhonour to God to b like a brute, or a plant, or a cockboat, than to b like a man Stilling flect other fide : then handle it, and, if you find it dvy make it up into cocks Mortimer 11. The form of a hat of the cock. Bacon This cockatrice 1s {ooneft crufhed in the fhell but, if it grows, it turns to a-ferpent and a dragon upon the beach [Properly cop. by the look, lik will kiil one anothe The an Shakefpeare A ribban Co'ckaTrICE. # /. [from cock, an aczen, Sax. a ferpent.] A ferpent {up pofed to rife from a cock's egg to her cock5 her cock, a buoy Almoft too fmall for fight in compofition, fignifies fmall o little Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark Diminifh' Ben Fonfon Cock fitherboats hovering on the coaft Carewv's Survey of Cornwall The fifhermen, that wal Addifon's Guardian to overlook us man Co'cHLEARY. adj. [from cochlea, Lat. fcrew.] Screwform; in the form of a 9. A cockboat; a fmall boat {crew They take view of all fized cocks Tha 5. To raife hay in fmall heaps the cock a charger, which carries the powder fro the box to a funnel &t the further end of the lock 7. A conqueror Co'ckBrOTH ing a cock Die upo prepare 7. /. Broth made by boil fpoon-meats with-French barley as veal or cackbroth Harwvey o Confump CockcrOWING. 7. /i [cock and crow. The time at which cocks crow; th morning Y kno not whe the mafter of the houf cometh ; at even, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning Co'ckER Mark @. a. [coqueliner French. T'o cade ; to fondle ; to indulge Moft children's conftitutions are fpoiled by cockering and tendernefs Locke on Education He that will give his fon fugar plums to mak him learn, does but authorize his love of pleafure a This is that mufcle which performs the motio {o often mentioned by the Latin poets, when the talk of‘a man's cocking his nofe, or playing th rhinoceros Addifon Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears O'er yonder ftile fee Lubberkin appears Gay's Paftorals Dick would cock his nofe in fcorn But Tom was kind and loving Savift 2. To fet up the hat with an air of petalance and pertnels Dick, who thus long had paffive fat Here ftrok'd his chin and cock'd his hat Prior An alert young fellow cocked his hat upon a frien of his who entered Addifen's Speiator 3. To mould the form of the hat 4o To fix the cock of a gun ready for difcharge Some of them holding up their piftols, cocked neax the door of the houfe, which they kept open Dryden's Dedicationy Fueid and cocker up that propenfity whic fubdue he ough t Locke on Education Bred a fondling and an heirefs Drefs'd like any Lady May'refs Cocker'd by the fervants round Was too good to touch the ground Sauift Co'ckER. 7. [ [from cock.] One whe follows the fport of cockfighting Co'ckEREL. 7 /f [from cock.] A youn cock Which of them firft begins to.crow The old cock ?-The cockerel Shakefpeare What wilt thou be, young cockere/, when th fpur A,re grown to fharpnefs Dryden Co'ckET. 2./ [of uncertain derivation. A feal belonging to the king's cuftomhoufe likewife a fcroll of parchment, fealed, and delivere by the officers of the cuftomhoufe to merchants as a warrant that their merchandize is entered ECowell Th greateft profit did arife kg, th hides; for woo an woolfell value in this kingdom wer eve cocke o of littl Dawics Co'ck |