'At cock' definitions:
Definition of 'At cock'
From: GCIDE
- Cock \Cock\, n. [It. cocca notch of an arrow.]
- 1. The notch of an arrow or crossbow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The hammer in the lock of a firearm. [1913 Webster]
- At cock, At full cock, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action.
- At half cock. See under Half.
- Cock feather (Archery), the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. --Nares. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'At cock'
- Cock,
- Cocke,
- Cocked,
- Cocking,
- cock up,
- At full cock,
- At half cock,
- Ball cock,
- By cock and pie,
- Chaparral cock,
- Cock feather,
- Cock of the plains,
- Cock of the rock,
- Cock of the walk,
- Cock of the woods,
- Cocke County,
- Cocke, TN,
- Cocked hat,
- Foam cock,
- Gauge cock,
- Grease cock,
- Heath cock,
- Hopper cock,
- Injection cock,
- Jungle cock,
- Mackerel cock,
- Moor cock,
- Mountain cock,
- Pet cock,
- Sage cock,
- Sand cock,
- Sea cock,
- Snow cock,
- Thistle cock,
- Throstle cock,
- Try cock,
- Turkey cock,
- Water cock,
- black cock,
- cock's eggs,
- escape cock,
- fighting cock,
- ground cock,
- half cocked,
- skitty cock,
- Cock and bull story,
- Cock-brained,
- Cock-paddle,
- Cocke County, TN,
- Dandy-cock,
- cock's-eggs,
- cock-a-hoop,
- cock-a-leekie,
- cock-of-the-rock,
- go off half cocked,
- half-cock,
- Four-way cock,
- To go off half-cocked,
- cock-a-doodle-doo,
- cock-and-bull story,
- go off at half-cock,
- go off half-cocked