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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...

ip art, in the graphic arts, is the use of images either copied or physically cut (hence the term) from pre-existing printed works, either books that have entered the public domain, or books specifically published for such use (which, if they contain images that are not in the public domain, include a license fee in the cover price). It is also not uncommon for large organizations to provide their local divisions or chapters with clip art (either physical or electronic) of their logos, mascots, and so forth, in order that local publications may have a unified appearance. It is also rather common for those producing documents with limited distribution to use images from non-public-domain sources for which they have not paid license fees, such as coloring books, newspapers, magazines, and such, although some magazines, particularly those dealing with hobbies will publish images explicitly licensed to the magazine purchaser for use as clip art. See more at Wikipedia.org...