(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:34:18

Cock"horse` (?), n.

1.

A child's rocking-horse.

Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. Mother Goose.

2.

A high or tall horse.

[R.]

 

© Webster 1913.

Cock"horse`, a.

1.

Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.

2.

Lofty in feeling; exultant; pround; upstart.

Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. Marlowe.

 

© Webster 1913.

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