LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.10.31 (04) [E]

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From: leslie at volny.cz <leslie at volny.cz>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.10.31 (13) [E]

> From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
> Subject: "Lexicon"

> cock (verb): to set at an raised angle (and a die
> which lands "cocked" so that the throw is void is said
> to have "come up cockles" or we might just say "it's
> cockles").
> Sandy
> http://scotstext.org/

Is this related to 'to cock,' as in to cock your head to one side?
How about 'cock-eyed?'

And although we don't know if 'cock' comes from the bird or not, I
know of at least one other language which calls a penis a bird, but
it's not a lowlands language. In Czech, it's 'ptácek,' 'birdie.'

Groetjes
Leslie Decker

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Lexicon

Sandy:

> I think this may be what happened with "cock". My impression
> is that the word was once used to mean what we now say as
> "thingmy" or "whatnot", so that a "ballcock" was a "ball-
> thingmy" and a "haycock" was a "hay-thingmy", ie it was used
> to designate objects that people couldn't think of a word for.

That could well be.  But remember that "cock" also means "spout," "spigot"
or "tap," as do _Hahn_ (_Wasserhahn_) in German and _Hahn_ ~ _haan_ [hQ:n]
in Lowlands Saxon (Low German).

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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