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The stockdove only through the forest
cooes,

Mournfully hoarse.

Thomson.

2. To show affection; to act in a loving
way. See under Bill, v. i.
"Billing or cooing." Byron.

{ Coo"ey, Coo"ee } (?),
n. [Of imitative origin.] A peculiar
whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or
signal. [Written also cooie.]

Cook (k&oomac;k), v. i. [Of
imitative origin.] To make the noise of the cuckoo.
[Obs. or R.]

Constant cuckoos cook on every side.

The Silkworms (1599).

Cook (k&oocr;k), v. t. [Etymol.
unknown.] To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that
ball." Grose.

Cook (k&oocr;k), n. [AS.
cōc, fr. l. cocus, coquus,
coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. &?;, Skr.
pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit,
concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf.
Pumpkin.] 1.


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