Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COCK, v.t.

1. To set erect; to turn up; as, to cock the nose or ears. – Addison.
2. To set the brim of a hat so as to make sharp corners or points; or to set up with an air of pertness. – Prior.
3. To make up hay in small conical piles.
4. To set or draw back the cock of a gun, in order to fire. – Dryden.