Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COCK'-MAS-TER, n.

One who breeds game cocks. – L'Estrange.

COCK'-MATCH, n.

A match of cocks; a cock-fight. – Addison.

COCK'NEY, n. [Most probably from L. coquina, a kitchen, or coquino, to cook; Fr. coquin, idle; Fr. cocagne, It. cuccagna, an imaginary country of idleness and luxury. In some ancient poetry, the word seems to signify a cook. “And yet I say by my soul I have no salt bacon, / Ne no cokeney by Christe coloppes to make.” “At that feast were they served in rich array, / Every five and five had a cokeney.” See note on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, line 4206. Edinburgh, 1782. Hence, a citizen who leads an idle life, or never leaves the city.]

1. A native of London, by way of contempt. – Watts. Shak.
2. An effeminate, ignorant, despicable citizen. – Shak.

COCK'NEY-ISM, n.

The condition, qualities or manners of a cockney.

COCK'NEY-LIKE, a.

Resembling the manners of a cockney. – Burton.

COCK'-PAD-DLE, n.

The lump-fish or sea-owl. – Encyc.

COCK'PIT, n.

1. A pit or area, where the game cocks fight. – Shak.
2. In ships of war, a room or apartment, in which the wounded men are dressed; situated near the after hatch-way, under the lower gun-deck. The fore-cockpit is a place leading to the magazine passage and the store-room of the boatswain, gunner and carpenter. – Mar. Dict.

COCK'ROACH, n.

The popular name of a genus of insects, the Blatta, of several species. They have four semicrustaceous wings, and resemble the beetle; the head is inflected toward the breast; the feelers are hard like bristles; the elytra and wings are plain and resemble parchment. These animals are very troublesome, as they enter chests of clothes, meal-tubs, pantries, and infest beds. They avoid the light, and have a very unsavory smell. – Encyc.

COCKS-COMB', n.

1. The caruncle or comb of a cock.
2. A plant. This name is given to the Celosia cristata, the Pedicularis or louse wort, and the Rhinanthus or yellow rattle. – Fam. of Plants. Lee.
3. A fop, or vain silly fellow. [See Coxcomb.]

COCKS'HEAD, n.

A plant, the Hedysarum or sainfoin. – Fam. of Plants.

COCK'SHUT, n.

The close of the day, when fowls go to roost. – Shak.

COCK'SPUR, n.

Virginia hawthorn, a species of medlar. – Miller.

COCK'SURE, a.

Confidently certain. [A low word.] – Pope.

COCK'SWAIN, n. [Contracted into Coxen. See Swain.]

An officer on board of a ship who has the care of the boat and the boat's crew. – Mar. Dict.

COCK'-WEED, n.

A plant called also dittander and pepperwort. – Johnson.

CO'COA, n. [co'co; Sp. coco; Port. coco, the nut, and coqueiro, the tree; It. cocco; Fr. coco.]

A tree belonging to the genus Cocos, of the order of Palmæ; and the fruit or nut of the tree. This tree grows in the warm climates of both the Indies. It rises to the highth of 60 feet, and the stem is like an apothecary's pestle, of equal thickness at the ends, but somewhat smaller in the middle. The bark is smooth, of a pale brown color, and the tree often leans to one side. The leaves or branches are 14 or 15 feet long, about 28 in number, winged, of a yellow color, straight and tapering. The nuts hang in clusters of a dozen each, on the top of the tree. The husk of this nut consists of strong, tough, stringy filaments, resembling coarse oakum. This covers a hard shell, which contains a white kernel that is wholesome food, and a liquor which is a cooling beverage. – Encyc.

CO'COA-NUT, n.

The nut or fruit of the cocoa-tree.

CO-COON', n. [Fr. cocon.]

An oblong ball or case in which the silk-worm involves itself, formed by threads which compose silk.

CO-COON'E-RY, n.

A building or apartment for silk-worms, when feeding and forming cocoons.

COC'TILE, a. [L. coctilis, from coquo, to cook.]

Made by baking or exposing to heat, as a brick.

COC'TION, n. [L. coctio, from coquo, to cook.]

The act of boiling or exposing to heat in liquor. In medicine, that alteration in the crude matter of a disease, which fits it for a discharge; digestion. – Coxe. Encyc.

COD, or COD'FISH, n.

A species of fish, of the genus Gadus, inhabiting Northern seas, but particularly the banks of Newfoundland, and the shores of New England. [See Haddock.]

COD, n. [Sax. codd; W. cod, cwd; G. hode. Probably in a different dialect, Fr. cosse, or ecosse.]

1. Any husk, envelop, or case, containing the seeds of a plant; a pod. – Mortimer.
2. A bag; the scrotum.
3. A pillow. [Not in use.]

CO'DA, n. [It.]

In music, the close of a composition, or an additional close.

COD'DED, a.

Inclosed in a cod. – Mortimer.