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▪ I. ˈcocking, vbl. n.1
[f. cock v.1 + -ing1.]
†1. Fighting, strife, contention. Obs.
c1230Hali Meid. 47 Ne beð nan icrunet bute hwase treoweliche iþulke feht fihte, and wið strong cockunge ouercume hire flesch. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 259 Þey ȝaf hem al to dronkenesse, kokkynge, strif, and envie. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 41 b, Betwene Aristippus and Diogenes the Cynike there was moche good cocking and striuing whether of them should win the spurres.
2. = cock-fighting.
1546Plumpton Corr. 251 Ye shall se..all our good coxs fight, if it plese you, & se the maner of our cocking. 1615Markham Pleas. Princes (1635) 41 There is no pleasure more noble..then this pleasure of Cocking is. 1678Lond. Gaz. No. 1282/4 Notice..there will be two great Matches of Cocking fought in His Majesties Cock-Pit at Newmarket. 1755Gentl. Mag. XXV. 506 Idle and expensive diversions, such as cocking, horse-racing. 1886W. Day Remin. 234 He was very fond of cocking.
b. A cock-fight.
1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentl. (1641) 115 In these tolerable recreations of Horse-races, Cockings, Bowlings, etc. 1699Sir W. Calverley Note-bk. (Surtees) 79, I went to Leeds, to the Cockings. 1812J. Moors in Examiner 31 Aug. 551/2 He had been at a cocking.
3. The shooting of wood-cocks.
1696Aubrey Misc. (1721) 62 To diuertise himself with cocking in his father's park. 1857Kingsley Two Y. Ago xi. (D.), There ought to be noble cocking in these woods. 1870D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rur. Sports §2660 We have already noticed Wales..as affording good cocking.
4. A turning or causing to project upward.
1678Shadwell Timon i. Wks. 1720 II. 305 Pomp, and show, and holding up their heads And cocking of their noses. 1713Guardian No. 91 He strives as much as possible to get above his size, by stretching, cocking, or the like. 1881Besant & Rice Chapl. Fleet i. x, As for the fashions..one year it is the cocking of a hat.
5. attrib. and Comb., as (sense 2) cocking-match; (sense 3) † cocking-cloth (see quot.); cocking-dog, -spaniel, a spaniel of a breed used in hunting wood-cocks, etc., a cocker; cocking-road (see cock-road).
1726Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), Cocking-cloth, a Device to catch Pheasants with. 1731–6Bailey, Cocking Cloth (with Fowlers), a Frame made of coarse canvas, about an ell square, tanned, with two sticks set across to keep it out, having a hole to look out at, and to put the nosel of a short gun through, for the shooting of Pheasants, etc. 1813Trewman's Exeter Flying-Post 18 Nov. 1 A gentleman is in immediate want of..Cocking Dogs, such as have been regularly hunted for Woodcock only. 1830Miss Mitford Village Ser. iv. (1863) 310 He is..famous for his breed of cocking spaniels. 1852Thackeray Esmond ii. viii, Come along, and let's go see the Cocking-Match.
▪ II. ˈcocking, vbl. n.2
[f. cock v.2 + -ing1.]
a. The action of drawing back the cock of a fire-arm.
1816Byron Let. to Murray 15 Oct., Making mistakes in the way of cocking and priming. 1881Greener Gun 202 The cocking is effected by the turning up of the finger-piece for loading.
b. attrib. and Comb., as cocking-dog, cocking-handle, cocking-lifter, cocking-lever, cocking-lock, cocking-piece, cocking-rod, cocking-swivel; cocking-pistol, revolver, one in which the cock is raised independently of the trigger.
1858Greener Gunnery 423 Possessing every requisite for a double-action cocking revolver. Ibid. 426 The cocking pistol would be too slow..The almost general adoption, in the present day, of the cocking-lock. 1881― Gun 335 The barrels upon being closed depress the cocking-lever. 1892Greener Breech-Loader 26 There is in this no cocking-dog, but the forward ends of the tumblers are turned in, and engage with..a cocking-swivel. Ibid. 28 When the tumbler is down, the cocking-rod is freed. Ibid. 111 The cocking-lifters of hammerless guns. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 650/2 When released, the striker can be cocked by pulling out the cocking-piece by hand. 1905Kynoch Jrnl. July-Sept. 141 The scear and cocking piece are on the right side of the action. 1917Blackw. Mag. Mar. 382/2, I applied immediate action, pulled back the cocking-handle and pressed the trigger again. 1957Rawnsley & Wright Night Fighter ii. 40 Work the cocking-handle of the gun up and down.
▪ III. cocking, vbl. n.3
Carpentry: see cock v.3
▪ IV. cocking, vbl. n.4 and ppl. a.
Putting (hay, etc.) into cocks: see cock v.4
▪ V. † cocking, vbl. n.5 and ppl. a.
Obs. Cockering: see cock v.5
▪ VI. † ˈcocking, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. cock v.1 + -ing2.]
1. Fighting, wrangling, contentious.
1556J. Heywood Spider & F. xliii. 20 In cockyng currish countenance. 1608Day Hum. out of Br. v. ii, How can wee choose but get cocking children, when father and mother too are both of the game.
2. Strutting, swaggering, insolent; cocky.
1676Wycherley Pl. Dealer v. i, How many pert Cocking Cowards [hast thou call'd] stout? 1711Steele Spect. No. 153 ⁋1 The Cocking young Fellow who treads upon the Toes of his Elders. 1712― Ibid. No. 350 ⁋2 This is visible in all the cocking Youths you see about this Town.
Hence † ˈcockingly adv., in a cocking manner.
1548Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. (1567), Prouerbiosamente, cockyngly or villainously. |