单词 | cocked |
释义 | † cockedadj.1 Chiefly Nautical. Obsolete. Of a pulley or sheave: having a piece of metal lining the central hole through which the pin passes (see cock n.7). ΚΠ 1579 Inventarie of Shyp Ayde in G. Best Three Voy. M. Frobisher (1867) 219 The tye and halliers wth ij pullies one shevered and one cocked wth brasse. 1579 Inventories of Items in Custody of Treasurer in J. Webb Town Finances Elizabethan Ipswich (1996) 159 2 tymber shyves coked for the comon crane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). cockedadj.2 Of hay, grass, etc.: formed into conical heaps, gathered into cocks. Cf. cock n.3, cock v.2 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > stooking or cocking > stooked or cocked cocked1579 in cock1733 shockeda1861 stooked1884 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. f.44v Or summer shade vnder the cocked haye. 1774 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 3 Sept. (1778) A load of cocked oats in M. which ought all to have been cleared before dark. 1864 Gardener's Chron. 11 June 563/1 It was found that the cocked Grass was much forwarder than the rake rowed, which had in consequence to remain out longer. 1939 E. O. Pollock & W. H. Hosterman Hay Quality 29 Two and one-half to three times as many hours were required to cure hay in the cocks as in medium-sized windrows and the cocked hay was of lower grade. 1997 K. O'Riordan Boy in Moon xii. 212 Further west still, sloping down to the Atlantic, already cocked hay stood up like golden helmets along a shorn carpet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cockedadj.3 1. Of a hat: having the brim turned upwards. Cf. cock v.1 5a(a). Now chiefly in cocked hat n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > having a brim > with upturned brim cocked1628 cocked-up1706 uncocked1721 1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 71 Ietting vp and downe at Court, in Pauls, or London streets, in Plush, in Sattins, Veluets, Silkes, and cocked Beauers, which affront the Heauens. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. C3v A youngster gent, With bever cockt and arm set on one side. 1828 C. Lamb Let. 11 Oct. (1935) III. 178 A smart cockd beaver and a jemmy cane. 1889 Home-maker July 325/2 A cocked cap, made from a newspaper. 1958 W. Havighurst Miami Years xvii. 215 Bystanders noticed that under their cocked Navy hats all the girls had red hair. 2. Firearms. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > loaded > having match placed in cock cocked1649 1649 R. L'Estrange Vindic. from Calumnies sig. D2 Scarce had we quitted the Peer, But a matter of 20 Rogues with Cock'd matches, were upon the Back of us. 1678 tr. L. de Gaya Art of War ii. 46 Presenting the..Musket with a cock'd Match. b. Of a firearm (in later use esp. a handgun): having the cock (cock n.1 17) or hammer raised to the point from which it can be released by pulling the trigger. Also designating a hammer raised to this point. Cf. cock v.1 7a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > cocked or half-cocked cocked1650 full-cocked1786 half-cocked1848 1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Massaniello i. 27 Furnished Swords, cock'd Muschets [It. sparanti Moschetti]. 1733 London Evening-post 9–11 Aug. [He] was unfortunately shot dead on the Spot by the other Person's getting thro' a Hedge with his Piece cock'd, the Bushes catching hold of the Trigger. 1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Eighth, Ninth & Last Let. viii. 14 To sleep every night with cocked pistols under their pillows. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cl. 78 With sword drawn and cock'd trigger. 1919 Boston Sunday Globe 20 Apr. 40/6 With cocked pistol aimed at his head I ran at top speed toward him. 1920 R. S. Spears Diamond Tolls iv. 41 She let the cocked hammer down, and put another cartridge into the case. 2009 T. Evans Longarm: Hell up North viii. 76 He shifted his exasperated gaze from Longarm's face to his cocked .44, then back to the lawman's eyes again. c. Of a hammerless firearm (esp. a bolt-action rifle): having the firing pin retracted to the point from which it can be released by pulling the trigger; ready to be fired. Also designating the firing pin retracted to this point. ΚΠ 1904 Canad. Patent Office Rec. 32 1488/2 A nose or projection..which engages in the safety position behind the barrel sleeve..and in front of a projection of the firing pin for preventing any movement of the advanced barrel and the cocked firing pin. 2001 C. Choate Fire Still Burns 113 If the hunter isn't familiar with these mechanics..he'll now have a fully loaded and cocked rifle in his hands without even knowing it. 3. a. Set erect; standing upright. Cf. cock v.1 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of tail docked1408 stug-tailed1575 curtal1576 curtailed1591 bushya1609 bobbed1658 undocked1677 flisk1680 rat-tailed1684 strunted1688 bob1709 cocktailed1763 switched1769 cocked1775 nick-tailed1840 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail > having erect tail > of tail: cocked erect1735 cocked1775 acock1826 1691 T. D'Urfey Weesils ii. 7 His Wife too, in her Cock'd Comode well drest. 1775 ‘Omiah’ Hist. Epist. to Queen of Otaheite 19 A fierce cockt tail might deck to captain's breech. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 146 And if ye are deaf, what needs ye sit cockit up there, and keep folk scraughin' t'ye this gate? 1916 J. B. Hendryx Connie Morgan in Alaska ii. 25 The dogs heard it, too, and with cocked ears plunged blindly ahead. 2009 T. Gautreaux Missing xxiii. 188 A felt hat topped by a cocked feather. b. Angling. Of a fishing float or fly: floating upright in the water.Recorded earliest in well-cocked. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [adjective] > type of fly hackled1836 cocked1843 buzz1867 cock-winged1879 hackled1894 nymphing1989 1843 New Monthly Mag. July 381 There sits the well-cocked float. It vibrates. Down, down it goes till it is lost in the depths. ?1881 G. Little Angler's Compl. Guide & Compan. 108 For still-water I have seen a float painted with rings of bright colour on the part out of the water when it is cocked, it being long, as these rings rise out of the water you are enabled to, as it were, measure the bite and its progress. 1889 F. M. Halford Dry-fly Fishing ii. 43 Floating a cocked fly over a likely place. 1970 N. Lyons Seasonable Angler vii. 160 I am a little lazy and luxurious and content to fish upstream and watch the cocked fly travel briskly along the surface. 2002 B. Landis Amer. Coarse Angling v. 80 A cocked float moves downstream slower than one lying flat on the water's surface. 4. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Drunk; intoxicated.See also half-cocked adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 1737 B. Franklin Drinkers Dict. in Pennsylvania Gaz. 6–13 Jan. 1/2 A Man is drunk... Cock'd. 1837 G. T. Strong Diary 13 Apr. (1952) I. 59 Walsh was philanthropically cocked and went about hiccuping..and declaring his love, affection, and esteem for everybody he met. 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Cocktail To be cocked is to be tipsy. 1928 R. S. Carr Rampant Age i. 12 Big fellows who smoked and had hot dates and even got cocked on corn liquor! 1997 D. McFarland Face at Window xxi. 245 He came back from the pub..cocked to the gills and squiffy-eyed. 2018 @dlobato99 4 Nov. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I wish I didn't get so cocked on weekends so I can remember wtf I did. 5. Of the nose: turned up; having an upturned tip. Cf. to cock one's nose at cock v.1 Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1769 Dublin Mercury 1–3 Aug. Said Timmon is about twenty-three years of age, 5 feet 5 inches high, black hair and eyebrows, of a swarthy complexion, pock-marked, cocked nose and down look. 1770 New Brighthelmstone Directory ii. 14 Into your eye, now, a man thrusts his cock'd nose. 1920 Daily Mail 18 Oct. 8/4 The police description is: ‘Grey eyes; short cocked nose; bulldog appearance [etc.].’ 2007 J. A. Stevens Irish Scene in Somerville & Ross i. 29 John Donovan has a cocked nose and heavy cheeks. 6. Of a part of the body: bent, twisted, or tilted so that it is at an angle. Cf. cocked-up adj. 3b. ΚΠ 1824 R. Warner Illustr. Novels Author of Waverley III. 143 The wounds were, in time, healed; but their consequences were ever after apparent: Perkins went through life with a cocked shoulder. 1874 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 525/1 Without any of the usual diplomatic preliminaries of snuffing and sniffing, cocked legs, growling, and earthscratching. 1914 St. Nicholas May 588/1 His listening attitude with cocked head and elongated body was emblematic of curiosity. 1983 C. Dickinson Waltz in Marathon (1984) xix. 248 She is short, a compact woman with one hand resting on a shoulder bag, the other on a cocked hip. 1992 Vanity Fair Jan. 122/3 A Browns play..known as ‘the Statue of Liberty’, in which a passer raises the ball, which is snatched from his cocked arm by one of his teammates. 2003 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Apr. 33 The devil in his bowling comes from his cocked wrist and his furiously fast arm action. 7. Of a die: that has come to rest at an angle, rather than lying flat, rendering the throw void. ΚΠ 1842 Baltimore Phœnix & Budget Mar. 453/1 The host, who was rattling the dice box when Tom entered, still continued the game, but neglected not his guest. ‘Sixes, by gingo! Take a seat sir—have something to drink, sir? Cocked die—Just amuse yourself with the papers, sir.’ 1890 J. P. Quinn Fools of Fortune iii. 88 Cocked dice nullified the throw. 1907 Grizzly Bear Aug. 40/1 That was a cocked die, you damned mule-skinner. 1960 G. Boyington Tonya xvii. 290 The dice showed a single spot on each. Quickly she scooped them up. ‘Cocked dice’, she claimed, implying they were in a ripple on the surface of the blanket. 2016 T. Litorco Civilized Guide to Tabletop Gaming iv. 88 If you have a second die that is the same size, you can balance it on top of the cocked one. If the second die doesn't balance, reroll it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.11579adj.21579adj.31628 |
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