Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stamp or mark with a cocket. See
cocket , n., 4. - To join or fasten in building.
- noun In England
- noun A seal of the custom-house.
- noun A scroll of parchment sealed and delivered by the officers of the custom-house to a merchant as a warrant that his merchandise is entered.
- noun The office of entry.
- noun A stamp; an official seal of any kind.
- noun Same as
cocket-bread . - noun A loaf or cake of cocket-bread. See first extract under cocket-bread.
- noun A measure. See first extract under cocket-bread.
- Brisk; pert; saucy.
- noun A pert, swaggering fellow; a gallant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Pert; saucy.
- noun (Eng. Law) A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty.
- noun engraving An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.
- noun obsolete A measure for bread.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, obsolete a document issued by the
bond office stating thatduty has been paid and goods may be sold. - noun UK, obsolete An
office in acustomhouse wheregoods intended forexport are entered. - noun obsolete A
measure forbread .
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Examples
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Centers of the first class are commonly called cocket centers.
Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Halbert Powers Gillette
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It was found to be a mistake for by-cocket, which is the correct word.
Literary Blunders; A chapter in the "History of Human Error" 1893
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So I did, and said it was the finest thing I'd struck, beat Xenophon into a cocket hat; the blighter fairly glowed.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Hauing paid the custome, it behoueth to haue a quittance or cocket sealed and firmed with the customers hand, in confirmation of the dispatch and clearing, and before departure thence, to cause the sayd customer to cause search to be made, to the end that at the voiages returne there be no cauilation made, as it oftentimes happeneth.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And the sayd customer by vertue hereof shall vpon due and sufficient proofe thereof made in the custome house giue them sufficient cocket or certificate for the safe passing out thereof accordingly.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Whereas also the foresaid marchants were not wont to pay for a cocket for the conueyance and transportation of their goods out of the realme
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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So I did, and said it was the finest thing I'd struck, beat Xenophon into a cocket hat; the blighter fairly glowed.
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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So I did, and said it was the finest thing I'd struck, beat Xenophon into a cocket hat; the blighter fairly glowed.
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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As examples of a cocket and of a supported center and also as examples of well thought out center design we give the two centers shown by Figs. 148 and 149, both designed for a 50-ft. span segmental arch by the same engineer.
Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Halbert Powers Gillette
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The development of the center shown by Fig. 148 into the cocket center shown by Fig. 149 is plainly traceable from the drawings.
Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Halbert Powers Gillette
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