(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:56:14

Sea" cock` (?).

1.

In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.

2. Zool. (a)

The black-bellied plover.

(b)

A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini).

 

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