[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

faucet \fau"cet\, n. f. fausset, perh. fr. l. fauces throat.
   1. a fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil,
      etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such
      quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and
      cock. it consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a
      movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
      1913 webster

   2. the enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the
      spigot end of the next section.
      1913 webster
see also:
tap cock 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cock \cock\ ko^k, v. t. imp.  p. p. cocked ko^kt; p.
   pr.  vb. n. cocking. cf. gael. coc to cock.
   1. to set erect; to turn up.
      1913 webster

            our lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. --gay.
      1913 webster

            dick would cock his nose in scorn.    --swift.
      1913 webster

   2. to shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
      1913 webster

   3. to set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
      1913 webster

            they cocked their hats in each other's faces.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   4. to turn the eye obliquely and partially close its lid,
      as an expression of derision or insinuation.
      1913 webster

   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.
      b a game similar to ninepins, except that only three
          pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a
          triangle.
          1913 webster
see also:
cocked cocking cocked hat three-cornered hat 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cock \cock\ ko^k, n. as. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in
   imitation of the cry of the cock. cf. chicken.
   1. the male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or
      domestic fowls.
      1913 webster

   2. a vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
      1913 webster

            drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a chief man; a leader or master. humorous
      1913 webster

            sir andrew is the cock of the club, since he left
            us.                                   --addison.
      1913 webster

   4. the crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning;
      cockcrow. obs.
      1913 webster

            he begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. a faucet or valve.
      1913 webster

   note: jonsons says, "the handle probably had a cock on the
         top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently
         to have had that form, whatever was the reason."
         skinner says, because it used to be constructed in
         forma critae galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's
         comb.
         1913 webster

   6. the style of gnomon of a dial. --chambers.
      1913 webster

   7. the indicator of a balance. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   8. the bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of
      a balance in a clock or watch. --knight.
      1913 webster

   9. a penis. vulgar
      pjc

   ball cock. see under ball.

   chaparral cock. see under chaparral.

   cock and bull story, an extravagant, boastful story; a
      canard.

   cock of the plains zool. see sage cock.

   cock of the rock zool., a south american bird rupicola
      aurantia having a beautiful crest.

   cock of the walk, a chief or master; the hero of the hour;
      one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or
      competitors.

   cock of the woods. see capercailzie.
      1913 webster
see also:
chicken ball cock ball chaparral cock chaparral cock and bull story 
an extravagant cock of the plains sage cock cock of the rock rupicola aurantia 
cock of the walk cock of the woods capercailzie 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cock \cock\, n. cf. icel. k"okkr lump, dan. kok heap, or e.
   cock to set erect.
   a small concial pile of hay.
   1913 webster

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cock \cock\, v. t.
   to put into cocks or heaps, as hay.
   1913 webster

         under the cocked hay.                    --spenser.
   1913 webster

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cock \cock\, n. of. coque, f. coche, a small vessel, l. concha
   muscle shell, a vessel. see coach, and cf. cog a small
   boat.
   a small boat.
   1913 webster

         yond tall anchoring bark appears
         diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy
         almost too small for sight.              --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
coach cog 

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cock \cock\, v. i.
   to strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
   --addison.
   1913 webster

[8] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cock \cock\, n.
   a corruption or disguise of the word god, used in oaths.
   obs. "by cock and pie." --shak.
   1913 webster

[9] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cock \cock\, n.
   the act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of
   the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
   1913 webster

[10] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cock \cock\, n. it. cocca notch of an arrow.
   1. the notch of an arrow or crossbow.
      1913 webster

   2. the hammer in the lock of a firearm.
      1913 webster

   at cock, at full cock, with the hammer raised and ready
      to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one
      prepared for instant action.

   at half cock. see under half.

   cock feather archery, the feather of an arrow at right
      angles to the direction of the cock or notch. --nares.
      1913 webster
see also:
at cock at full cock at half cock half cock feather 

[11] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cock \cock\, v. t.
   to draw the hammer of a firearm fully back and set it for
   firing.
   1913 webster

[12] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cock \cock\, v. i.
   to draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.
   1913 webster

         cocked, fired, and missed his man.       --byron.
   1913 webster

[13] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cock
     n 1: obscene terms for penis syn: prick, dick, shaft, pecker,
           peter, tool, putz
     2: faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow
        of a liquid syn: stopcock, turncock
     3: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when
        the trigger is pulled syn: hammer
     4: adult male chicken syn: rooster
     5: adult male bird
     v 1: tilt or slant to one side; "cock one's head"
     2: set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
     3: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
        impress others; "he struts around like a rooster in a hen
        house" syn: swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay
see also:
prick dick shaft pecker peter tool 
putz stopcock turncock hammer rooster 
swagger ruffle prance strut sashay 

[14] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

225 moby thesaurus words for "cock":
   bantam, anemograph, anemometer, anemometrograph, anemoscope,
   anthill, backslide, ball cock, ball valve, baloney, bank, banty,
   barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, bilge, billy, billy goat,
   boar, bosh, boss, broiler, brooder, broody hen, bubbly-jock, buck,
   bull, bullock, bung, bunghole, bunkum, capital, capon, chanticleer,
   charge, check valve, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicky, chief,
   chieftain, cockerel, cork, crap, detonate, discharge, dog,
   domestic fowl, dominant, drain cock, drake, draw cock, drift, drop,
   duck, duckling, dune, dunghill fowl, eject, embankment, entire,
   entire horse, fall astern, fall behind, faucet, fell, fire,
   fire off, fowl, fryer, game fowl, gander, gate, get behind,
   get up steam, go backwards, go behind, gobbler, goose, gosling,
   guff, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, gun, gun for, hart,
   haycock, haymow, hayrick, haystack, he-goat, head, headman, heap,
   hen, hen turkey, hierarch, hill, hit, hokum, honcho, hydrant,
   jerk back, lapse, leader, let fly, let off, lid, load, lose ground,
   main, major, mass, master, molehill, mound, mountain, mow,
   needle valve, number one, outstanding, partlet, peacock, peg, pelt,
   pepper, petcock, pick off, pile, pin, pistol, plug, pontificate,
   pot, potshoot, potshot, poulard, poult, poultry, predominant,
   preeminent, prime, principal, pull back, pullet, pyramid, ram,
   recede, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrocede, retroflex,
   retrograde, retrogress, return, revert, rick, riddle, roaster,
   rooster, rot, ruck, sea cock, set, setting hen, shock, shoot,
   shoot at, shoot down, slip back, snipe, snowdrift, spigot, spike,
   spile, spill, spring chicken, stack, stag, stallion, steam up,
   steer, stewing chicken, stop, stopcock, stopgap, stopper, stopple,
   stot, strike, stud, studhorse, swagger, swank, swell,
   take a potshot, tap, tom, tom turkey, tomcat, top cow, top horse,
   torpedo, tup, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, valve, valvula,
   valvule, vane, warm up, weather vane, weathercock, wether, wind,
   wind cone, wind indicator, wind sock, wind up, wind vane,
   wind-speed indicator

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