coquâtre, n.m., (orni.) half-gelded cock.
coque, n.f., shell (of eggs, walnuts, snails); pearl-shell; (nav.) hull; (conch.) cockle. Des œufs à la —; boiled eggs. — du Levant; Indian berry. Je ne donnerai pas une — de noix de toutes ses promesses; I would not give a straw for all his promises.
coquecigrue, n.f., sea-stork, sea-locust; idle story, stuff; fiddle-faddle. À la venue des —s; never, or once in a blue moon.
coquelicot, n.m., wild-poppy, corn-poppy.
coquelourde, n.f., Pasque-flower, Flora’s-bell.
coqueluche (ko-klush), n.f., ☉hood; favorite, reigning fancy; rage, whooping-cough. Il est est la — des femmes; he is a great favorite with women.
☉coquelucher, v.n., to have the whooping-cough.
☉coqueluchon, n.m., (jest.) hood of a monk’s cloak, cowl.
coquemar (kok-mār), n.m., pipkin, boiler, kettle, skillet.
coquereau, n.m., (nav.) hoy, lighter.