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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  kk
NOUN: A cone-shaped pile of straw or hay.
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: cocked, cock·ing, cocks
To arrange (straw or hay) into piles shaped like cones.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English cok.
 
 
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