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Webster 1913 Edition
Cook
Cook
(koōk)
, Verb.
I.
[Of imitative origin.]
To make the noise of the cuckoo.
[Obs. or R.]
Constant cuckoos
cook
on every side. The Silkworms (1599).
Cook
(koŏk)
, Verb.
T.
[Etymol. unknown.]
To throw.
[Prov.Eng.]
“Cook me that ball.” Grose.
Cook
(koŏk)
, Noun.
[AS.
cōc
, fr. L. cocus
, coquus
, coquus
, fr. coquere
to cook; akin to Gr. πέπτειν
, 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.
(Zool.)
A fish, the European striped wrasse.
Cook
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cooked
(koŏkt)
; 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.
Cook
(koŏk)
, Verb.
I.
To prepare food for the table.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cook
COOK
,Verb.
T.
1.
To prepare, as victuals for the table, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, &c. To dress, as meat or vegetables, for eating.2.
To prepare for any purpose.3.
To throw. [Obs. or local.]COOK
,Verb.
I.
COOK
,Noun.