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Webster 1913 Edition
Cockshy
Cock′shyˊ
,Noun.
1.
A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; – so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in “shying” or throwing cudgels at live cocks.
2.
An object at which stones are flung.
“Making a
cockshy
of him,” replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.