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_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.

COCKSWAIN, OR COXSWAIN. The person who steers a boat; after the officer
in command he has charge of the crew, and all things belonging to it. He
must be ready with his crew to man the boat on all occasions.

COCOA, OR CHOCOLATE NUTS, commonly so termed. (_See_ CACAO.) It is the
breakfast food of the navy.

COCOA-NUT TREE. The _Palma cocos_ yields _toddy_; the nut, a valuable
oil and milky juice; the stem, bark, branches, &c., also serve numerous
purposes. (_See_ PALMETTO.)

COD. The centre of a deep bay. The bay of a trawl or seine. Also, the
_Gadus morrhua_, one of the most important of oceanic fishes. The cod is
always found on the submerged hills known as banks; as the Dogger Bank,
and banks of Newfoundland. (_See_ LING.)

COD-BAIT. The large sea-worm or lug, dug from the wet sands. The squid
or cuttle, herrings, caplin, any meat, or even a false fish of bright
tin or pewter. (_See_ JIG.)

CODDY-MODDY. A gull in its first year's plumage.

CODE OF SIGNALS. Series of flags, &c., for communicating at sea.

COD-FISHER'S CREW. The crew of a banker, or fishing-vessel, which
anchors in 60 or 70 fathoms on the Great Bank of Newfoundland, and
remains fishing until full, or driven off by stress of weather. Season
from June until October. (_See