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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cock \Cock\ (k[o^]k), noun [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.
2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! --Shak.
3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous]
Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. --Addison.
4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. [Obs.]
He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. --Shak.
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 crit[ae] galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb.
6. The style of gnomon of a dial. --Chambers.
7. The indicator of a balance. --Johnson.
8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. --Knight.
{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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
cock of the rock \cock of the rock\, cock-of-the-rock \cock-of-the-rock\n. a bird of the Andes ({Rupicola peruviana}) similar to {Rupicola rupicola}.
Syn: {Rupicola peruviana}. [WordNet 1.5]
2. tropical bird of Northern South America ({Rupicola rupicola}), the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest.
Syn: cock of the rock, {Rupicola rupicola}. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola [syn: {cock of the rock}, {Rupicola peruviana}]
2: tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest [syn: {cock of the rock}, {Rupicola rupicola}]
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