Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cockswain"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cockswain \Cock"swain\ (?, colloq. ?), n. [Cock a boat + swain;
hence, the master of a boat.]
The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a
boat and its crew.
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