| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb cocker.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (cocker) | 1. Treat with excessive indulgence.[Wordnet]. 2. To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: cockering, cockered, cockers, cockerer, cockerers, cockeringly and cockeredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "COCKERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Specialty Definition: COCKERING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] Indulgence.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Mining | Herringbone supports. A method of support by which a center support of beams or bars running longitudinally along the roof of a road is supported systematically by slanted struts or props with their feet spragged in the side of the road, the whole looking like a herringbone. (references) | ||
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