v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cockered p. pr. & vb. n. Cockering. ] [ OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge, fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E. cockle, v. ] To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cock the bird. ] 1. One given to cockfighting. [ Obs. ] Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. köcher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows). ] A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. a double dim. of cock. ] A young cock. [ 1913 Webster ]

. One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept for hunting or retrieving game or for household pets. They usually weigh from eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]