COBBLE, TO. To mend or repair hastily. Also, the _coggle_ or _cog_ (which see).--_Cobble or coggle stones_, pebbly shingle, ballast-stones rounded by attrition, boulders, &c. COBBLER. An armourer's rasp. COBBO. The small fish known as the miller's thumb. COBLE. A low flat-floored boat with a square stern, used in the cod and turbot fishery, 20 feet long and 5 feet broad; of about one ton burden, rowed with three pairs of oars, and furnished with a lug-sail; it is admirably constructed for encountering a heavy swell. Its stability is secured by the rudder extending 4 or 5 feet under her bottom. It belonged originally to the stormy coast of Yorkshire. There is also a small boat under the same name used by salmon fishers. COBOOSE. _See_ CABOOSE. COCK. That curved arm affixed to the lock of small arms, which, when released by the touch of the trigger, flies forward and discharges the piece by percussion, whether of flint and steel, fulminating priming, needles abutting on the latter, &c. COCKADE. First worn by St. Louis on his unfortunate crusade. COCK-A-HOOP. In full confidence, and high spirits. COCKANDY. A name on our northern shores for the puffin, otherwise called _Tom Noddy_ (_Fratercula arctica_). COCK-BILL. The situation of the anchor when suspended from the cat-head ready for letting go. Also said of a cable when it hangs right up and down. To put the yards a-cockbill is to top them up by one lift to an angle with the deck. The symbol of mourning. COCK-BOAT. A very small boat used on rivers or near the shore. Formerly the cock was the general name of a yawl: it is derived from _coggle_ or _cog_ (which see). COCKETS, OR COQUETS. An official custom-house warrant descriptive of certain goods which the searcher is to allow to pass and be shipped. Also, a galley term for counterfeit ship-papers.--_Cocket bread._ Hard sea-biscuit. COCK-PADDLE. A name of the paddle or lump-fish (_Cyclopterus lumpus_). COCKLE. A common bivalve mollusc (_Cardium edule_), often used as food. COCKLING SEA. Tumbling waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. COCKPIT. The place where the wounded men are attended to, situated near the after hatchway, and under the lower gun-deck. The midshipmen alone inhabited the cockpit in former times, but in later days commission and warrant officers, civilians, &c., have their cabins there.--_Fore cockpit._ A place leading to the magazine passage, and the boatswain's, gunner's, and carpenter's store-rooms; in large ships, and during war time, the boatswain and carpenter generally had their cabins in the fore cockpit, instead of being under the forecastle. COCKPITARIAN. A midshipman or master's mate; so called from messing in the cockpit of a line-of-battle ship. COCKSETUS. An old law-term for a boatman or coxswain.