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Definition of Cockeye
1. n. A squinting eye.
2. n. The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.
Definition of Cockeye
1. Noun. (engineering) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cockeye
1. a squinting eye [n -S] : COCKEYED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockeye
Literary usage of Cockeye
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monologues, Epigrams, Epitaphs and Parodies (1910)
"cockeye Mulligan, how long you get dis time?' Dis time! Vell, cockeye says, 'two
years ... I say to cockeye, for nothin' you get two years an' six months. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"balance- rynd ; *, cockeye ; /. cockhead ; », eye ; /, hopper ; f, ... The supporting
bearing of the balance-rynd is a central socket called a cockeye, ..."
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