Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cocker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cocker \Cock"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cockered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cockering}.] [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge,
fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave),
to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E.
cockle, v.]
To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to
pamper.
Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
--Ecclesiasticus
xxx. 9.
Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. --J.
Ingelow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cocker \Cock"er\, n. [From {Cock} the bird.]
1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] --Steele.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for
starting up woodcocks, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cocker \Cock"er\, n. [OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver;
akin to G. k["o]cher quiver, and perh. originally meaning
receptacle, holder. Cf. {Quiver} (for arrows).]
A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] --Drayton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cocker
n : a small breed with a wavy silky hair originally developed in
England [syn: {cocker spaniel}, {English cocker spaniel}]
v : treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
[syn: {pamper}, {featherbed}, {cosset}, {baby}, {coddle},
{mollycoddle}, {spoil}, {indulge}]
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