Defn: A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins. Darwin.
3. A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward. [Slang, Eng.] It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. Thackeray.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A species of rove beetle; — so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
COCKUP
Cock"up, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); — also called begti.
COCKWEED
Cock"weed, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Peppergrass. Johnson.
COCKY
Cock"y, a. Etym: [See Cocket.]
Defn: Pert. [Slang]