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roostcock

noun

Etymology

From roost + cock.

  1. derived from *gew-✻ — “to bend, curve, arch”
  2. inherited from *kukkaz✻ — “mass, bulge, swelling”
  3. inherited from *kokk✻
  4. inherited from *cocc✻ — “heap, pile”
  5. inherited from cokke
  6. compounded as roostcock — “roost + cock”

Definitions

  1. The male of the domestic fowl

    The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.

    • No matter whether his nag have the stringhalt, and steps like a roostcock, or has wind-galls the size of bladders, or has been fired till his legs resemble a scored griskin, the BUTCHER's Boy braves every competitor in the race

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA