cock-watern.

Brit.

/ˈkɒkˌwɔːtə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkˌwɔdər/,

/ˈkɑkˌwɑdər/

Forms: see cock n.¹ and water n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, water n.

Etymology: < cock n.¹ + water n. With sense 1 compare cock n.¹ I. With sense 2 compare cock n.¹ 15. In sense 1a originally after early modern German hanenwasser (1588 in the passage translated in quot. 1598, or earlier).

a. Any of various medicinal preparations containing broth made from a cock (or perhaps, more generally, from a chicken). Now historical.Some of the recipes for these preparations stipulated that the cock should be chased until it collapsed, or plucked while it was still alive.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for coughs

cock-water1598

bechic1661

cough syrup1808

cough medicine1828

cough mixture1840

pholcodine1954

1598 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Praxis Med. Vniuersalis ii. v. 250 He may also vse this Cocke water [Ger. Hanenwassers] following.

1655 W. M. Queens Closet Opened 14 (heading) Cock water for a Consumption.

1857 Irish Q. Rev. 7 341 For consumption..and also for dropsy..cockwater was also recommended, and was made from the water in which a cock that had been chased, beaten, and plucked alive, had been boiled.

1967 D. Jacob Cures & Curses ii. 45 There was Milk-water for a cancerous breast, Cock-water for consumption.

†b. Water given to a cock while preparing it for fighting. Obsolete.

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1631 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (ed. 4) i. xix. 112 There be some others that in this Bread will mixe Lycoras, Annis-seedes, and other hote Spices, and will also in the Cocke water steep slices of Lycoras.

†2. Water which is led through a trough into a stamping mill in order to wash out powdered tin ore. Obsolete. rare.

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1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2108 Beneath that comes in the Cock-water in a trough cut in a long pole, which with the ores falls down in to the Coffer.

1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Cock-water, is a Stream of Water brought in a Trough through a long Pole, in order to wash out the Sand of the Tin-Ore into the Launder, while it is brusing in the Coffer of a Stamping-Mill.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cock-water
释义	cock-watern. Brit. /ˈkɒkˌwɔːtə/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌwɔdər/, /ˈkɑkˌwɑdər/ Forms: see cock n.¹ and water n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, water n. Etymology: < cock n.¹ + water n. With sense 1 compare cock n.¹ I. With sense 2 compare cock n.¹ 15. In sense 1a originally after early modern German hanenwasser (1588 in the passage translated in quot. 1598, or earlier). 1. a. Any of various medicinal preparations containing broth made from a cock (or perhaps, more generally, from a chicken). Now historical.Some of the recipes for these preparations stipulated that the cock should be chased until it collapsed, or plucked while it was still alive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for coughs cock-water1598 bechic1661 cough syrup1808 cough medicine1828 cough mixture1840 pholcodine1954 1598 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Praxis Med. Vniuersalis ii. v. 250 He may also vse this Cocke water [Ger. Hanenwassers] following. 1655 W. M. Queens Closet Opened 14 (heading) Cock water for a Consumption. 1857 Irish Q. Rev. 7 341 For consumption..and also for dropsy..cockwater was also recommended, and was made from the water in which a cock that had been chased, beaten, and plucked alive, had been boiled. 1967 D. Jacob Cures & Curses ii. 45 There was Milk-water for a cancerous breast, Cock-water for consumption. †b. Water given to a cock while preparing it for fighting. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1631 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (ed. 4) i. xix. 112 There be some others that in this Bread will mixe Lycoras, Annis-seedes, and other hote Spices, and will also in the Cocke water steep slices of Lycoras. †2. Water which is led through a trough into a stamping mill in order to wash out powdered tin ore. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2108 Beneath that comes in the Cock-water in a trough cut in a long pole, which with the ores falls down in to the Coffer. 1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Cock-water, is a Stream of Water brought in a Trough through a long Pole, in order to wash out the Sand of the Tin-Ore into the Launder, while it is brusing in the Coffer of a Stamping-Mill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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