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Definition: To cockbill the anchor
Cockbill
\Cock"bill\ (k[o^]k"b[i^]l`), v. t. [See
Cock to set
erect.] (Naut.)
To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to
cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.
[1913 Webster]
To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead
preparatory to letting it go. See
Acockbill.
[1913 Webster]
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