"cock" = "penis": from 1618 (at least)

[Joel S. Berson]

Not as early as 1618, but amusing nevertheless--and surely an equating.

The title is, more completely, "A Victualler or Publican. Erected ot
of his on Implements without Assistance of Nature."  No. 11 is "Cock
w.th Rubbing Clout".

Joel

 From another list:
>Hi,
>
>I don't know if this is helpful anymore, but for what it's worth the
>play on "cock" and spout appears as a visual pun in this 1740
>etching
>of
><http://lwlimages.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneITEM.asp?pid=lwlpr00977&iid=lwlpr00977>http://lwlimages.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneITEM.asp?pid=lwlpr00977&iid=lwlpr00977

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