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ˈroost-cock Now rare.
[f. roost n.1]
A domestic cock.
1606H. Parrot The Mous-Trap (Halliw.), Gallus, that greatest roost-cock in the rout. 1627E. F. Hist. Edw. II (1680) 88 The old Roost-cock in his Country-language. 1668Charleton Onomast. 75 Gallus Gallinaceus,..the House, or Roost-Cock. 1736Ainsworth ii, Gallinaceus,..a roost⁓cock, a cockerel. c1750[Mrs. Palmer] Devonsh. Dial. (1837) 18 Their blowzy faces as rid as roost-cocks. 1789G. White Selborne cv, Roost-cocks, which had been silent, began to sound their clarions. 1858Polson Law & Lawyers 116 A beautiful roost-cock flew upon his head and crowed three times. |