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Webster 1913 Edition

Cocker

Cock′er

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cockered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Cockering
.]
[OE.
cokeren
; cf. W.
cocru
to indulge, fondle, E.
cock
the bird, F.
coqueliner
to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E.
cockle
, v.]
To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.
Cocker
thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9.
Poor folks cannot afford to
cocker
themselves up.
J. Ingelow.

Cock′er

,
Noun.
[From
Cock
the bird.]
1.
One given to cockfighting.
[Obs.]
Steele.
2.
(Zool.)
A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.

Cock′er

,
Noun.
[OE.
coker
qyiver, boot, AS.
cocer
quiver; akin to G.
köcher
quiver, and perh. originally meaning
receptacle
,
holder
. Cf.
Quiver
(for arrows).]
A rustic high shoe or half-boots.
[Obs.]
Drayton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cocker

COCKER

,
Verb.
T.
To fondle; to indulge; to treat with tenderness; to pamper.

COCKER

, n.
1.
One who follows cock-fighting.
2.
A sort of spatter-dash.

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