Sea cock

Sea cock
Sea cock Sea" cock` 1. In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The black-bellied plover. (b) A gurnard, as the European red gurnard ({Trigla pini}). [1913 Webster]


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