Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cook"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Cook
a person employed to perform culinary service. In early times
among the Hebrews cooking was performed by the mistress of the
household (Gen. 18:2-6; Judg. 6:19), and the process was very
expeditiously performed (Gen. 27:3, 4, 9, 10). Professional
cooks were afterwards employed (1 Sam. 8:13; 9:23). Few animals,
as a rule, were slaughtered (other than sacrifices), except for
purposes of hospitality (Gen. 18:7; Luke 15:23). The paschal
lamb was roasted over a fire (Ex. 12:8, 9; 2Chr. 35:13). Cooking
by boiling was the usual method adopted (Lev. 8:31; Ex. 16:23).
No cooking took place on the Sabbath day (Ex. 35:3).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Peacock \Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from
AS. pe['a], p[=a]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental
origin; cf. Gr. ?, ?, Per. t[=a]us, t[=a]wus, Ar. t[=a]wu?s.
See {Cock} the bird.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The male of any pheasant of the genus {Pavo},
of which at least two species are known, native of
Southern Asia and the East Indies.

Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of
erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by
concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden
colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo
cristatus}. The Javan peacock ({P. muticus}) is more
brilliantly colored than the common species.

2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a
peafowl.

{Peacock butterfly} (Zo["o]l.), a handsome European butterfly
({Hamadryas Io}) having ocelli like those of peacock.

{Peacock fish} (Zo["o]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse
({Labrus variegatus}); -- so called on account of its
brilliant colors. Called also {cook wrasse} and {cook}.

{Peacock pheasant} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Polyplectron}.
They resemble the peacock in color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cook \Cook\ (k[=oo]k), v. i. [Of imitative origin.]
To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.]

Constant cuckoos cook on every side. --The
Silkworms
(1599).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.]
To throw. [Prov.Eng.] ``Cook me that ball.'' --Grose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), n. [AS. c[=o]c, fr. l. cocus, coquus,
coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. pac, and to
E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf.
{Pumpkin}.]
1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one
who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cook \Cook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooked}; p. pr & vb. n.
{Cooking}.]
1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking,
broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency
of fire or heat.

2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to
garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook
an account. [Colloq.]

They all of them receive the same advices from
abroad, and very often in the same words; but their
way of cooking it is so different. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. i.
To prepare food for the table.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cook
n 1: someone who cooks food
2: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia
for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands
(1728-1779) [syn: {Cook}, {James Cook}, {Captain Cook}, {Captain
James Cook}]
v 1: prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for
the guests, please" [syn: {fix}, {ready}, {make}, {prepare}]
3: transform and make suitable for consumption by heating;
"These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
4: transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal
mixture in a big iron kettle"
5: fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books";
"falsify the data" [syn: {fudge}, {manipulate}, {fake}, {falsify},
{wangle}, {misrepresent}]


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