An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

COCKERSUM, adj. Unsteady in position, threatening to fall or tumble over, S.

Fr. coquarde, a cap, worn proudly on the one side.

COCKY, adj. Vain, affecting airs of importance, S. B. from the E. v. to cock.
Ross.

COCKIELEEKIE, s. Soup made of a cock boiled with leeks, S.

COCKIELEERIE, s. A term expressive of the sound made by a cock in crowing, S.

Teut. kockeloer-en, to cry like a cock.

COCKLAIRD, s. A landholder, who himself possesses and cultivates all his estate, a yeoman, S.
Kelly.

COCKLE, COKKIL, s. A scallop, Fr. coquille.
The Order of the Cockle, that of St Michael, the knights of which wore the scallop as their badge.
Complaynt S.

COCKROSE, s. Any wild poppy with a red flower. Coprose, A. Bor.

COCK-PADDLE, s. The Lump, a fish, Cyclopterus lumpus, Linn., The Paddle, Orkn.
Sibbald.