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• cock-leet —  i. e. cock light, day break ; or sometimes the dusk of the evening. Exmoor …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

• Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux — The Inspector series Directed by Robert McKimson …   Wikipedia

• cock|le|boat — «KOK uhl BOHT», noun. a small, light, shallow boat …   Useful english dictionary

• cock|le|shell — «KOK uhl SHEHL», noun. 1. a shell or half of the shell of a cockle. 2. a) a small, light, shallow boat; cockleboat; cockle. b) a small rowboat; cockboat: »None but a madman would sail in yon cockleshell with a gale coursing (Mary E. Braddon) …   Useful english dictionary

• cock|roach — «KOK ROHCH», noun. any one of several small, brownish or yellowish insects often found in kitchens and around water pipes. Cockroaches usually come out at night. They have flattened oval bodies and an unpleasant odor. »If the cockroaches Blatta… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cock Lane ghost — A 19th century illustr …   Wikipedia

• Cock Robin — This article is about the nursery rhyme. For the musical group, see Cock Robin (band). For other uses, see Who Killed Cock Robin? (disambiguation). Who Killed Cock Robin Roud #494 …   Wikipedia

• Ball cock — Ball Ball (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Moor cock — Moor Moor, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[=o]r moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See {Mere} a lake.] 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mountain cock — Mountain Moun tain (moun t[i^]n), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English