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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

[Prefix

cock

bill

: with bills cocked up.]

(Naut.)

(a)

Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.

(b)

Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.

Man-of-war with Yards a-cockbill

acockbill ‎(not comparable)