Vocabulary : Cockhead to Cockling
Cockhead : The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.Cockhorse : A child's rocking-horse. ;; A high or tall horse. ;; Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse. ;; Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
Cockieleekie : Same as Cockaleekie.
Cocking : of Cock ;; Cockfighting.
Cockle : A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera. ;; A cockleshell. ;; The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners. ;; The fire chamber of a furnace. ;; A hop-drying kiln; an oast. ;; The dome of a heating furnace. ;; To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting. ;; A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage). ;; The Lotium, or darnel.
