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CIDE DICTIONARY

cockbill

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Verb (transitive)
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cock=bill

CIDE DICTIONARY

cockbillv. t. [See Cock to set erect.].
     To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.  [1913 Webster]
To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill.

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