Crowing+of+the+cock

  • 1cock-crowing — n. 1. Crowing of the cock, cock crow, cock. 2. Dawn, day break, peep of day, first flush of the morning …

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  • 2cock — I. /kɒk / (say kok) noun 1. a male chicken. 2. the male of any bird, especially of the gallinaceous kind. 3. Obsolete the crowing of the cock: they were up at first cock. 4. a leader; chief person; ruling spirit. 5. a device for permitting or… …

  • 3cock — cock1 cocklike, adj. /kok/, n. 1. a male chicken; rooster. 2. the male of any bird, esp. of the gallinaceous kind. 3. Also called stopcock. a hand operated valve or faucet, esp. one opened or closed by rotating a cylindrical or tapered plug… …

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  • 4cock — cock1 [käk] n. [ME cok < OE coc & OFr coq, like Dan kok, ON kokkr, of echoic orig.] 1. a) the male of the chicken; rooster b) the male of certain other birds 2. Archaic a) the crowing of a rooster, esp. at sunrise …

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  • 5The Lighthouse (opera) — The Lighthouse is a chamber opera with words and music by Peter Maxwell Davies. The scenario was inspired by a true story. In December 1900 a lighthouse supply ship called the Hesperus , based in Stromness, Orkney, went on its routine tour of… …

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  • 6Cock-crowing —    In our Lord s time the Jews had adopted the Greek and Roman division of the night into four watches, each consisting of three hours, the first beginning at six o clock in the evening (Luke 12:38; Matt. 14:25; Mark 6:48). But the ancient… …

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  • 7Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! — For the nursery rhyme, see Cock A Doodle Doo. Cock A Doodle Doo! or, The Crowing of the Nobel Cock Beneventano   Author(s) …

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  • 8Crowing — Crow Crow (kr[=o]), v. i. [imp. {Crew} (kr[udd]) or {Crowed} (kr[=o]d); p. p. {Crowed} ({Crown} (kr[=o]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crowing}.] [AS. cr[=a]wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr[aum]hen, cf. Lith. groti to croak. [root]24. Cf. {Crake}.] 1.… …

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  • 9cock — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, of imitative origin Date: before 12th century 1. a. the adult male of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) b. the male of birds other than the domestic chicken c. woodcock d. archaic… …

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  • 10cock — I. n. 1. Male (of birds). 2. Chanticleer, rooster [U. S.]. 3. Cock crowing, cock crow. 4. Faucet, turn valve, stop cock. 5. Hammer (of gunlock). 6. Turning up, turn, toss, perking …

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