It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail.
Thackeray.
4. (Zo÷l.) A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
Cock"up (?), n. (Zo÷l.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.
Cock"weed (?), n. (Bot.) Peppergrass. Johnson.