单词 | cocker |
释义 | cockern.1ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > quiver cockereOE quiver1322 arrow casea1382 tarcays1490 bolt-bag1562 quiver case1568 dorlach1575 eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) x. 2 (3) Peccatores..parauerunt sagittas suas in faretra ut sagittent in obscuro rectos corde : ða synfullan..gearwadon strelas heara in cocere ðæt hie scoteden in degelnisse ða rehtan on heortan. OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xxvii. 3 Nim þin gesceot, þinne cocur & þinne bogan, & gang ut. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3225 Enne koker fulne flan. a1400 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Trin. Cambr.) (1887) App. H. 803 (MED) Mid swerd & bowe bisyde & o kokur fol of flon. a1525 Robin Hood & Potter in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 112 To a quequer Roben went, A god bolt owthe he toke. 2. Chiefly in plural. Each of a pair of any of various articles of clothing worn on the legs or feet, often for a specific purpose, esp. protection, such as leggings, boots, gaiters, etc. In later use chiefly English regional (northern and midlands).In later regional use sometimes: spec. (a) a short stocking or sock, esp. as worn by children; (b) a footless stocking, esp. worn as a gaiter; cf. hogger n.2 1a, scogger n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > gaiter or legging > types of cockerc1390 startup1625 spatterdasher1684 spatterdash1687 spatter-lash1688 spit-boot1707 splatterdash1772 spat1802 spring gaiter1846 bootleg1875 upper1889 spatter1898 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > legging and boot combined cockerc1390 gambado1625 gambages1663 stocking1676 trench boot1914 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > fastened in specific way cockerc1390 spit-boot1707 wrapper1808 wrapping boot1808 button boot1831 Balmoral1857 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vii. l. 56 [Piers] caste on his cloþes I-clouted and I-hole, His Cokeres and his Coffus. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 40 Wyth rent cokrez at þe kne, and his clutte traschez. ?c1422 T. Hoccleve Ars Sciendi Mori l. 312 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 190 Whan men conseillid wel, y herde it naght: Nat so moche as by an old boote or cokir Sette y ther-by. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Carpatinæ, plowghemens bootes, made of vntanned lether, they may be called cokers. 1593 M. Drayton Idea viii. sig. J3v His cockers were of Cordiwin. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1895/4 A pretty big chubbed Man..a pair of Leathern Cockers. ?a1750 J. Cotton MS Note in J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (Magdalen Coll. Oxf. Libr. copy I.7.21, 1691) 16 Cocker, a Stocking. Staff[ordshire]. 1757 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 6) Gloss. sig. E5v Cockers, and Trashes, old Stockings without Feet and over-worn Shoes. 1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. Coggers, half-boots made of stiff-leather, strong cloth, or even of worsted, buttoned at the side, and strapped under the shoe. 1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale Coggers, a pair of old stocking-legs worn over the shoes to keep out the snow. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) ‘How old is the child?’ ‘Oh, 'er's on'y a little un; 'er inna-d-out o' cockers yet.’ 1972 J. H. B. Peel Englishman's Home x. 171 Gaiters were an English innovation... In the north of England they are called cockers. 2009 M. DeMello Feet & Footwear 45 European styles included cavalier boots.., and knee-high boots—sometimes called buskins—for the elites, and cockers for peasants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † cockern.2 Obsolete. A quarrelsome or belligerent person; a fighter. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > one fond of fighting cockera1275 fighter1413 fighting cock1546 firedrake1613 fire-eater1792 frampler1820 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > [noun] > prizefighter or professional fighter kempa700 cockera1275 prizera1616 prizefighter1682 kempery-mana1765 kempy1821 kemper1891 a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 133 He is cocker þef & horeling. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 173 A newe bataylle of foure and seventy..cokkers [L. gladiatorum], þat..brende, and slow, and dede spousebreche. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 321 Thise cokkers and thise bollars, And all purscuttars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cockern.3 A person who gathers hay into cocks (cock n.3). Also more generally: a field labourer, a harvester, spec. (English regional (Lancashire)) one who has travelled some distance from home (cf. cock v.2 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > harvest-folk > harvest worker cocker1392 month's man1742 month-man1794 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > stooking > one who cocker1392 stookera1642 shocker1827 pooker1893 1392 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 48 [74 mowers working for one day, at the lord's table for all repasts in the same day with the expenses of] Cxx cokeres [for one day etc. paid 3d. a day]. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. vi. l. 13 Canstow..coke for my cokers [a1425 London Univ. cokares, a1425 Cambr. Ff.5.35 cokerus] oþer to þe cart picche, Mowe oþer mowen oþer make bond to sheues? ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 26v A Cokare, autumpnarius. 1572 Act 14 Elizabeth I c. 5 in Anno xiiij. Reginae Elizabethe sig. B.i v Be it also prouided, that this act, nor any thing therein conteyned, do in any wyse extende to any Cockers, or harvest folkes. 1774 On Hay Harvest 8 Let the cocker therefore shake the hay well, and with one hand at a time, moving softly half round the heap, and backwards to her place, during the shaking. 1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley ii. 25 He called to Briggs, one of the cokers. 1850 S. Bamford Dial. S. Lancs. Gloss. 186/1 Quock, to go a distance to work at the harvest. Reapers who go down to Lincolnshire at harvest are called quockers. 1918 H. B. McClure Hay Caps (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 977) 16 Some transient laborers soon get to be good cockers; but many are totally uninterested in their work and have no ambition to build cocks that will stand in bad weather. 2017 K. Pribyl Farming, Famine & Plague iii. 50 Often sharp alterations in the number of works done by cockers in the harvest were associated with changes of the manorial management personnel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † cockern.4 Obsolete rare. A curl or ringlet of hair. Cf. cockle n.4 ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun] feak1548 lovelock1592 crisple1594 curl1604 cockle1608 crisp1638 ringlet1645 cockera1653 heartbreaker1654 moustache1662 confidenta1685 cruchea1685 passagerea1685 favourite1690 wimpler1724 cannon1774 whisker1786 favori1801 curlet1803 tendril1814 sausage curl1828 spit-curl1831 crimp1855 curdle1860 number sices1861 whiskerette1880 a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 89 That..She curious curle the cockers of her head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019). cockern.5 1. A person who breeds or trains gamecocks, promotes cockfights, or is otherwise involved in cockfighting; a cockfighter. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting > cock-fighter cock-setter1260 cockfighter1527 cockera1655 setter1688 hander1746 setter-to1794 a1655 N. L'Estrange in W. J. Thoms Anecd. & Trad. (1839) i. 47 Sir Thomas Jermin, meaning to make himselfe merry, and gull the Cockers, sends his man into the Pitt in Shoo Lane, with an £100 and a dunghill cocke, neatly trimmed and cutt for the battell. 1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair 5 I..out vapour'd all the Jockeys and Cockers. 1722 R. Steele Conscious Lovers iv. 61 He was the greatest Cocker in England—he said, Duke John won him many Battles, and never lost one. 1790 P. Sharkey Irish Racing Cal. V. 129 Persons of the better rank and quality of the cockers, cock masters, and gamesters..shall sit in the lower ring. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 44 Here his poor Bird, th' inhuman Cocker brings, Arms his hard heel, and clips his golden wings. 1814 W. Sketchley (title) The cocker, containing information to the breeders and amateurs of the game-cock. 1837 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. I. 321 While Duchesses and Ladies hawk, we cannot expend all indignation on the cockers and bull-baiters. 1976 L. R. Banks Dark Quartet ii. ii. 80 ‘He has quite a reputation as a cocker.’ ‘A what?’ ‘A cock-fighter.’ 2003 Observer 3 Aug. (Sport Monthly Suppl.) 55/2 The cockers say any ban will threaten livelihoods. 2. = cocker spaniel n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel > land or water > varieties of > cocker cocker1790 cocking dog1813 cocking spaniel1830 1790 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Gen. Hist. Quadrupeds Index p. v/1 Dog..the Small Water-Spaniel..the Springer, or Cocker. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! (1861) 81 His cockers coiled themselves up close to the warm peat-ashes. 1939 Motor Boating Sept. 19/2 She was a golden colored cocker with such sad eyes it put a lump in one's throat just to look at her. 2010 Field Feb. 103/3 Janet Menzies has bred or brought on three field trial champion cockers. Compounds cocker spaniel n. a breed of small spaniel with a variety of coat colours and longer hair on the legs and ears, originally developed in England to flush woodcock and now typically kept as a pet; a dog of this breed.English and American cocker spaniels are bred to different standards. Cf. cocking dog n.1, cocking spaniel n. at cocking n.4 Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel > land or water > varieties of springer1749 King Charles1780 English springer1808 Marlborough dog1822 cocker spaniel1829 Marlborough1831 Blenheim1839 Norfolk spaniel1845 King Charles1848 Sussex spaniel1856 field spaniel1859 clumber1865 Norfolk1867 Japanese spaniel1880 Welsh springer1903 Tibetan spaniel1905 Brittany spaniel1936 Brittany1945 1829 T. Brown Biogr. Sketches & Authentic Anecd. Dogs 276 A man..was so beloved by three Cocker Spaniels which he kept, that they never failed to jump into his lap. 1919 Outing Mar. 341/2 (advt.) Cocker Spaniel Puppies—in both red and black. 2010 Guardian 20 Mar. (Guide to Pets) 45/2 If there has ever been a dog that lives to love its owner, and receive love in return, the cocker spaniel is it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Cockern.6 slang. Now somewhat rare. according to Cocker: in accordance with the rules of arithmetic; (more generally) in strict accordance with any rules or principles; by the book; (in later use also) as intended or expected, according to plan. Cf. according to Hoyle at Hoyle n.2Originally with reference to Cocker's Arithmetick, a mathematics textbook used widely in schools from the late 17th cent. onwards. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > in conformity with or according to [phrase] > according to rule > strictly according to Cocker1785 according to Hoyle1906 1785 Town & Country Mag. Mar. 127/1 Mrs. Buckram..purtested she never played for above sixpences, and added, that her husband had calculated, according to Cocker, that an alderman might be ruined in a month, if his wife cut in for shillings. 1825 Mechanics' Mag. 11 June 149/2 A short Table,..which, I think, will be found to be according to ‘Cocker’. 1888 G. Allen This Mortal Coil in Chambers's Jrnl. 7 Jan. 6/1 According to Cocker, nought and nought make nothing. 1932 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) 28 Dec. 10/7 I have yet to see the bowler who can be depended upon to achieve his objective with every shot... He can do lots of things not according to ‘Cocker’. 1974 Times 11 Sept. 1 It is not according to Cocker for an Opposition party to publish an election manifesto before the Prime Minister of the day has formally announced that there is to be a general election. 2008 Irish Times 24 Dec. 23 Even in that auspicious setting not everything went according to ‘Cocker’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cockern.7 British colloquial. A familiar form of address for a man. Cf. cock n.1 14. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > familiar form of address mon amic1425 matec1500 boy1532 old lad1594 old boy1602 captaina1616 mon cher1673 old chap1823 old man1828 ou maat1838 boysie1846 old top1856 boetie1867 bra1869 cocker1888 mon vieux1888 face1891 yessir1892 George1903 old sport1905 old bean1917 segotia1917 babe1918 bro1918 tovarish1918 old egg1919 midear1921 old (tin of) fruit1923 sport1923 mush1936 cowboy1961 coz1961 wack1963 yaar1963 John1982 1888 H. Evans Brighton Beach Loafer (ed. 3) vi. 35 ‘Ime on, my cocker,’ I ses. ‘Guv us yer and orn it my pippin, an arf a quid on account.’ 1942 Horizon Aug. 114 You don't want to do that, cocker. 1960 A. Wesker I'm talking about Jerusalem iii. ii. 214 It was good of you to help us cocker. 1993 M. Cole Ladykiller (2005) 197 ‘Come in then, cocker.’ Her voice was jovial. ‘Would you like a cuppa or a drink?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cockerv.1 1. transitive. To treat (a person, esp. a child) in an overindulgent way; to coddle, indulge. Now English regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper daunt1303 cocker1440 cherisha1450 pomper1483 daut?a1513 to cocker up1530 pamper1530 pimper1537 tiddle1560 cockle1570 dandlea1577 cotchel1578 cockney1582 fondle1582 coax1589 to coax up1592 to flatter up1598 dainty1622 pet1629 cosset1659 caudle1662 faddle1688 pettle1719 coddle1786 sugar-plum1788 twattle1790 to make a fuss of or over (with)1814 mud1814 pamperizea1845 mollycoddle1851 pompey1860 cosher1861 pussy1889 molly1907 [implied in: Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 85 Cokerynge, or grete cherschy[n]ge, focio, nutricio. (at cockering n.)]. ?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 115 Coyyn or kokryn, blandior. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 488/2 I coker, or cherysshe to moche. Je mignotte. This boye canne never thrive, he is cokered so moche. I coker, I bring up with daynty meates. Jaffriande. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War ii. xiii. f. lxv Taking it for shame somuche to cocker themself [Fr. de tant bar..guigner]. 1599 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. King Edward IV sig. S4v Kist and cockerd by a king. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xxx. 9 Cocker thy childe, and hee shall make thee afraid. View more context for this quotation 1682 T. Shadwell Lancashire-witches i. 7 Dost thou think, because thy foolish Mother has Cocker d thee with morning Cawdles and afternoons Luncheons, thou art fit to make Love? 1742 G. Turnbull Observ. Liberal Educ. 71 When we have brought sickness or disease upon the body by neglect of it, or which oftner happens by fondling and cockering it too much. a1871 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 116 Some old valetudinarian..continually cockering himself, and suffering. 1919 C. Holme Splendid Fairing ii. vi. 178 She always cockered him fearful, did Sarah, and set him agen me whenever she could. 1971 G. E. Avery Likely Lad xi. 126 ‘Stop cockering the lad,’ shouted his father... ‘He's been spoilt for too long, that's his trouble.’ ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)] > appetites, ideas, etc. cocker?1561 to cocker up1583 ?1561 tr. U. Zwingli Briefe Rehersal Death of Christ 189 Whilest they cocker their filthy appetites [L. turpissimis affectibus indulgent]. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 175 I..cannot flatter Folly,..or cocker Ignoraunce. 1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. 98 Too foolishly I cocker my owne hopes. 1902 A. Morrison Hole in Wall xxii. 258 He cockered in them the belief that he still had the notes. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > lessen in strictness or severity [verb (transitive)] > indulge to cocker up1550 soothe1569 cock1570 cocker1571 soothe1573 humour1598 indulge1660 gratify1662 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (i. 1) How careleslye they cocker themselves in their sins. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (i. 6) 119 By mild reproofes they rather cocker and beare them in their sinnes, then correct them. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 299 Cherishes and cockers them in so gentle an Errour. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. iii. 67 I have not been cockered in wantonness or indulgence. Phrasal verbs With adverbs in specialized senses. to cocker up 1. transitive. To indulge or pamper (a person); to make (a person) proud or self-important by flattery or indulgence. Also: to coddle (a person suffering from an illness, incapacity, etc.) so as to improve his or her condition. Cf. to cock up 1 at cock v.1 Phrasal verbs. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper daunt1303 cocker1440 cherisha1450 pomper1483 daut?a1513 to cocker up1530 pamper1530 pimper1537 tiddle1560 cockle1570 dandlea1577 cotchel1578 cockney1582 fondle1582 coax1589 to coax up1592 to flatter up1598 dainty1622 pet1629 cosset1659 caudle1662 faddle1688 pettle1719 coddle1786 sugar-plum1788 twattle1790 to make a fuss of or over (with)1814 mud1814 pamperizea1845 mollycoddle1851 pompey1860 cosher1861 pussy1889 molly1907 the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > encourage or embolden [verb (transitive)] hearteOE bieldc897 hardenc1175 elnea1225 hardyc1225 boldc1275 hardishc1325 endurec1384 assurec1386 emboldc1400 recomfortc1405 enharda1450 support1479 enhardy1483 animatec1487 encourage1490 emboldishc1503 hearten1524 bolden1526 spright1531 raise1533 accourage1534 enheart1545 to hearten on1555 hearten?1556 alacriate1560 bespirit1574 bebrave1576 to put in heart1579 to hearten up1580 embolden1583 bravea1593 enhearten1610 inspiritc1610 rehearten1611 blood1622 mana1625 valiant1628 flush1633 firm1639 buoy1645 embrave1648 reinhearten1652 reanimate1655 reinspirit1660 to give mettle to1689 warm1697 to lift (up) a person's spirits1711 reman1715 to make a man of1722 respirit1725 elate1726 to cocker up1762 enharden1779 nerve1799 boost1815 brace1816 high-mettle1831 braven1865 brazen1884 the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > practise the healing art [verb (transitive)] > tend the sick > coddle or nurse excessively to cocker up1850 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 488/2 Coker hym up thus in his youthe, and you shall have a fayre caulfe of hym shortly. 1762 T. Gray Let. 4 Dec. in Corr. (1971) II. 787 Being cocker'd and spirited up by some friends..I got my name suggested to Lord Bute. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. viii. 132 If she was a lady she'd be cockered up with all sorts of soups and jellies. 1859 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 229 You have cockered me up to that extent, that I now feel I can face a score of savage reviewers. 1938 Santa Fe New Mexican 26 July 4/6 Actually Royalty was never more pampered, more cockered up than we were. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > lessen in strictness or severity [verb (transitive)] > indulge to cocker up1550 soothe1569 cock1570 cocker1571 soothe1573 humour1598 indulge1660 gratify1662 1550 J. Harington tr. Cicero Bk. Freendeship f. 57 But yet sowthing is much more hurtfull, whiche cokereth vp his freende in his faultes [L. peccatis indulgens]. 1613 W. B. tr. S. Michaelis Admirable Hist. Penitent Woman 170 Thou Belzebub, thou..doest fill men with curiositie, and cocker them vp in their arrogancie [Fr. & qui les maintiens tousiours auec leur orgueil]. a1732 J. Gay Fables (1738) II. xi. 97 Blame me not for disrespect, If I the flatt'rer's stile reject; With that, by menial tongues supply'd, You're daily cocker'd up in pride. 1887 S. Baring-Gould Gaverocks II. xxviii. 94 ‘Scarce a day has passed without her coming here to see [mother]—’ ‘And cocker her up in the delusion that she is ill... She has nothing the matter with her but the vapours.’ 1918 National Rev. Jan. 530 Men in his position are completely out of touch with public opinion, and practically only talk politics with their hangers-on who ‘cocker them up’ in their own conceit. 3. transitive. To foster or indulge (a foolish or reprehensible desire, tendency, or belief). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)] > appetites, ideas, etc. cocker?1561 to cocker up1583 1583 J. Prime Fruitefull & Briefe Disc. i. 32 He knoweth Elie suffred his children to breake his owne necke. Verily the fancies and affections, that are bred in & of man, if he cocker them vp, they will bring him to a worse end then Elies was. 1652 W. Durham Maran-atha 36 What greater wonder is it that he who is resolved to keep and cocker up his basest lusts, should hate that Ministery, which plows up his soul, and suffers them not to root nor grow at quiet? 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. lii. 321 [He] cockers up that dangerous Propensity, which he ought..to subdue. 1861 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem III. clxxv. 208 If they cocker up the evil by refusing to apply the high-handed remedy. 1963 Times 14 Feb. 15/2 Almost all the pressures in modern society help to cocker-up the self-importance of the common man, and to weaken his self-respect. Derivatives ˈcockered adj. now rare pampered, indulged, coddled. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [adjective] > indulging or pampering > pampered or petted pomped1509 pampereda1529 cockereda1586 smoothed1600 dauted1636 fondled1680 petted1724 coaxed1829 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) ii. sig. V4 These cocklinges cockred we be waile to late, When that we see our ofspring gaily bent. 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater i. iii. sig. C1 Our yong wanton cockerd heires. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 70 Shall a beardlesse boy, A cockred-silken wanton braue our fields,..And finde no checke? 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xcix. 338 A cocker'd favourite. 1918 ‘R. West’ Return of Soldier vi. 169 Her eyes shone at the thought of the cockered childhood this had been. 1962 Times 7 Mar. 13/4 Whether the correct derivation be from the old French for a cockered or pampered person or from the English rural slang in which a cock's egg passed as a poor variant for a substantial hen's egg, to talk of a Cockney was once derisive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cockerv.2 Scottish in later use. Now rare. intransitive. To move or rock unsteadily; to totter or wobble, so as to be in danger of falling or overturning. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > wobble babble1440 cocker1553 cockle1634 wobble1772 wibble1871 woggle1871 1553 [implied in: T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 118 Some..stirryng their feete as though they stode in a cockeryng bote. (at cockering adj.1)]. 1808 [implied in: J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Cockersum, unsteady in position, threatening to fall or tumble over. (at cockersome adj. at Derivatives)]. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Cocker, to be in a tottering state. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 93 Cocker, to oscillate, rock, or totter (as an unsteady rock, etc.). 1941 in Sc. National Dict. (1952) III. 167/2 [Aberdeenshire] Wer aul' neepour 's ti the gate again, an' wis cockerin' roon the close the day. 2005 A. Fenton Buchan Words & Ways v. 127 If somebody had not been well and was getting about for the first time, ye micht see im cockerin aboot e close. Derivatives ˈcockersome adj. unsteady, tottering; shaky, unstable. Sc. National Dict. (at Cocker) records the word as still in use in Fife in 1936. ΚΠ 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Cockersum, unsteady in position, threatening to fall or tumble over. 1845 G. Webster Disputed Inheritance III. i. 27 ‘By my troth, I like nae sic cockersome machine,’ replied the Laird, scowling portentously. 1848 T. Guthrie Let. 6 Apr. in Autobiogr. (1875) II. viii. 209 We three, with a boy to row, boated it down the other day to Warwick Castle, a distance of two miles, in the most cockersome thing you ever saw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † cockerv.3 Obsolete. rare. intransitive. Of the sea: to move with short irregular or tumbling waves. Cf. cockling adj.2 ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > have or be in specific kind of motion [verb (intransitive)] go1565 cocker1669 1669 J. Yonge Jrnl. (1963) (modernized text) viii. 115 This morning was very fair and almost calm, but a great sea cockering out of the south east. 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