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Webster 1913 Edition


Cockeye

Cock′eyeˊ

,
Noun.
[From
cock
to turn up.]
A squinting eye.
Forby.

Cock′eyeˊ

,
Noun.
(Mach.)
The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.

Definition 2024


cockeye

cockeye

English

Noun

cockeye (plural cockeyes)

  1. A squinting eye.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Forby to this entry?)
  2. (engineering) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the ****.