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   Cock (kŏk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cocked (kŏkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cocking.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.]
   1. To set erect; to turn up.
   
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   Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. Gay.
   
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   Dick would cock his nose in scorn. Swift.
   
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   2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
   
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   3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
   
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   They cocked their hats in each other's faces. Macaulay.
   
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   4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
   
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   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.
   
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   Cocking, n. Cockfighting.  Ben Jonson.
   
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