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COCKBILL
Etymology
Verb
cockbill (third-person singular simple present cockbills, present participle cockbilling, simple past and past participle cockbilled)
(nautical, transitive) To tilt up one end of, so as to make almost vertical.
(nautical, transitive) To suspend (the anchor) from the cathead preparatory to letting it go.
Source: Wiktionary
Cock"bill, v. t. Etym: [See Cock to set erect.] (Naut.)
Definition: To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning. To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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