cocker

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cockered p. pr. & vb. n. Cockering. ] [ OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge, fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E. cockle, v. ] To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cock the bird. ] 1. One given to cockfighting. [ Obs. ] Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. köcher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows). ] A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. a double dim. of cock. ] A young cock. [ 1913 Webster ]