Band books

3. A mean, half-hearted fellow; a
coward. [Slang, Eng.]

It was in the second affair that poor little
Barney showed he was a cocktail.

Thackeray.

4. (Zoöl.) A species of rove
beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the
tail.

Cock"up (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates
calcarifer); -- also called begti.

Cock"weed (?), n. (Bot.)
Peppergrass. Johnson.

Cock"y (?), a. [See Cocket.]
Pert. [Slang]

{ Co"co (kō"k&osl;), n. or
Co"co palm (kō"k&osl; päm`).} See
Cocoa.

{ Co"coa (kō"k&osl;), n.,
Co"coa palm` (päm`) } [Sp. & Pg. coco
cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said
to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the
nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten
children. Cf., however, Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and
its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a kind of
Egyptian palm.


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