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▪ I. ‖ coque, n.|kɒk|
[a. F. coque shell, in same senses: but in 1 associated with L. coccum.]
†1. Bot. One of the carpels of a dry fruit; a coccus. Obs.
1821S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants 199 Coque, Coccum, a cell that opens elastically. Ibid. 639 Lavaretta..Coques many, one-seeded.
2. a. Millinery. A small loop of ribbon formed by joining and attaching the two ends, used in trimming.
1835Court Mag. VI. p. xiv/2 A succession of coques rising one above another, in front of the crown. 1873Young Englishwoman Feb. 77/1 A large bow..composed of mixed coques of velvet and grosgrains silk ribbon.
b. Pronounced |kəʊk|. Applied to feathers used in trimming.
1903Westm. Gaz. 11 May 4/2 Those soft coq feathers are very much used too. 1905Daily Chron. 13 May 4/7 Ostrich and coque boas. 1923Daily Mail 26 Mar. 6 Clipped Coque Feather Stole. 1928Daily Express 7 May 5/2 Coque feathers applied closely on to the crown of the hat.
▪ II. † coque, v. Obs.
[ad. L. coquĕre to cook, digest, concoct.]
trans. To digest.
1615Crooke Body of Man 116 For the receyuing of the meat to be coqued for the whol body. |