"dog" 压簧杆

Cock \Cock\ (k[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[o^]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.]
1. To set erect; to turn up.

Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. --Gay.

Dick would cock his nose in scorn. --Swift.

2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.

3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.

They cocked their hats in each other's faces.
--Macaulay.

4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid,
as an expression of derision or insinuation.

{Cocked hat}.
(a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked
crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also
{three-cornered hat}.
(b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three
pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a
triangle.


Cocking \Cock"ing\, n.
Cockfighting. --Ben Jonson.