Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish of the genus Trigla, as T. cuculus; a gurnard.
- noun The sea-plover, Squatarola helvetica.
- noun In a marine steam-engine, a cock or valve in the injection water-pipe which passes from the sea to the condenser.
- noun Any cock or valve communicating through a vessel's hull with the sea.
- noun A sea-rover or viking.
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Examples
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We passed on to beautiful creatures, the kihi-kihi, or sea-cock, with alternate black and yellow transverse bands on his body; the hinalea, like a glorified mullet, with bright green, longitudinal bands on a dark shining head, a purple body of different shades, and a blue spotted tail with a yellow tip.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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"I opened the sea-cock, cast it off, and let it drift out into the bight on the ebb-tide one night recently."
Kindred of the Dust 1918
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Finding no one, he went into the engine-room and opened the sea-cock.
Kindred of the Dust 1918
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And that is how ex-President Dom Corria Antonio De Sylva acquired the nucleus of his fleet, though, unhappily, an accident to a sea-cock forthwith deprived him of a most useful and seaworthy steam launch.
The Stowaway Girl Louis Tracy 1895
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Then open your exhaust an 'unscrew a sea-cock ....
The Stowaway Girl Louis Tracy 1895
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The sea-cock was then opened, and the chamber began to slowly fill with water.
The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure Harry Collingwood 1886
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This chamber was illuminated by an electric lamp, the light of which clearly revealed the whereabouts of the sea-cock, and of the fastenings to the trap-door, all of which the professor pointed out to his companions, at the same time explaining the method of working them.
The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure Harry Collingwood 1886
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They accordingly entered the pilot-house forthwith, closing the door securely after them -- the air-pump was stopped, the sea-cock communicating with the water-chambers was opened, and the _Flying Fish_, with an easy imperceptible motion, sank gently beneath the placid waters, to rest, a minute or two later, on a bed of gravel at the bottom of the Channel.
The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure Harry Collingwood 1886
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We passed on to beautiful creatures, the kihi-kihi, or sea-cock, with alternate black and yellow transverse bands on his body; the hinalea, like a glorified mullet, with bright green, longitudinal bands on a dark shining head, a purple body of different shades, and
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"Aha! such a gay young sea-cock does not come hither for naught.
Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847
chained_bear commented on the word sea-cock
"An opening through the hull, with a valve, to let a controllable amount of seawater into the ship." A Sea of Words, 392.
I looked it up after seeing sweetening-cock in a novel (see sweetening-cock for a usage note).
March 7, 2008