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Webster 1913 Edition

Cockbill

Cock′bill

(kŏk′bĭlˊ)

,

Verb.

T.

[See

to set erect.]

(Naut.)

To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical;

as, to

cockbill

the yards as a sign of mourning

.

To cockbill the anchor

,

to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See

.