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>A male chicken. See cock (chicken) for more information. This is the original meaning. It is also called "rooster" or "cockerel".Cockfighting is a sport in which two male chickens are made to fight one another for dominance.The word rooster for a male chicken arose, especially in the USA, as a euphemism for cock, to avoid the vulgarism below for penis.In ornithologist's usage a male bird (a female is a "hen").a type of tap, faucet or valve.Steam cock, is a drain valve on a steam engine cylinder.Bib cock, a small type of valve.Sample cock, small valve fitted in brewerys and other process industries to check the product during manufacture.Stop cock to turn off the mains supply of water to a house. A Stop cock is also used in chemistry, the valve on a titration tube is called a stop cock.Petcock, a small valve, primarily for draining liquid or releasing pressure from a vessel.A vulgarism for the penis.The shape and function of the type of mechanism called the cock, and the male symbolism of the rooster, gives this term double reinforcement.This is occasionally used for a hateful man, similar to dick, prick, or the feminine cunt. A part of a clock or watch used to support an outrigger bearing for a gear or lever. It is green in the image.Balance cock, supports the balance wheel in a watch.Fly cock, supports the fly on a bracket clock.A state of the hammer in a firearm. A gun may be "cocked" in readiness for firing. Flintlocks usually have two "cocked" positions, the first of which (half-cock) enables priming, but keeps the trigger locked. This is the origin of the term "going off at half cock" or "going off half-cocked", which describes premature firing.An alternative name for a shuttlecock. See more at Wikipedia.org...

>This article is about plants; for other uses of the term, see Grass (disambiguation) Grass generally describes a monocotyledonous green plant characterized by slender leaves, called blades, which usually grow arching upwards from the ground. Plants that are botanically regarded as "true" grasses fall into the flowering plant family, Poaceae. However, there are other plants outside this plant family that have similar appearance, and are commonly referred to as grasses, or have "grass" as part of their name. These include:China grass, more commonly known as Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a nettle grown for bast fibres, in the Family UrticaceaeDitch grass or Wigeon grass (Ruppia maritima) in the Family RuppiaceaeFish grass (Cabomba caroliniana), a freshwater aquaticGoosegrass (Galium aparine)Mondo grass or Lily turf (Ophiopogon japonicus), an Asian ornamental ground coverNutgrass, a common lawn pest (Cyperus rotundus) in the Family CyperaceaePepper grasses (Lipidium spp.) in the family BrassicaceaeSawgrass, abundant in sub-tropical marshlands (Cladium spp.) in the Family CyperaceaeScurvy-grass (Cochlearia species) in the Family BrassicaceaeScurvy-grass Sorrel (Oxalis enneaphylla) in the Family OxalidaceaeSeagrasses, including Eel grass (Zostera spp.)"Sleeping grass" (Mimosa pudica) a legume (Family Fabaceae) and lawn weedXyridaceae, known as the yellow-eyed grass family See more at Wikipedia.org...