This little cockatrice of a king.
Bacon.
Cock"bill (k&obreve;k"b&ibreve;l`), v. t. [See Cock to set erect.] (Naut.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.
To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill.
Cock"boat` (?), n. [See Cock a boat.] A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.
Cock"-brained` (?), a. Giddy; rash. Milton.
Cock"chaf`er (?), n. [See Chafer the beetle.] (Zo÷l.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.
{ Cock"crow (?), Cock"crow`ing, } n. The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning.
Cock"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cockered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cockering.] [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge, fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E. cockle, v.] To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.
Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9.
Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up.
J. Ingelow.
Cock"er, n. [From Cock the bird.] 1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] Steele.