cocks

cocks
Cox

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  • Cocks — ist der Name folgender Personen: Clifford Cocks (* 1950), britischer Mathematiker Jay Cocks (* 1944), US amerikanischer Drehbuchautor Richard Cocks (1566–1624), englischer Kaufmann Robin Cocks (*1938), britischer Geologe und Paläontologe William… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • cocks — cocks; cocks·comb; cocks·foot; cocks·man; …   English syllables

  • cocks —    A cock crowing at daybreak drives away *ghosts and evil spirits, and even Satan, as in the legend of the *Devil s Dyke. Henry *Bourne noted in his Antiquitates Vulgares (1725), chapter 6, that:    It is a received tradition among the Vulgar,… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

  • Cocks — This interesting surname has a number of possible origins. Firstly, it may have originated as a nickname from the bird, the cock, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century cocc , and applied to a young lad who strutted proudly like a cock.… …   Surnames reference

  • Cocks (surname) — Cocks is a surname, and may refer to: Arthur Cocks, Australian cricket umpire Charles Cocks, British 19th century wine enthusiast, author of Cocks Féret Clifford Cocks, British cryptographer Jay Cocks, film writer Richard Cocks, English trader in …   Wikipedia

  • Cocks Glacier — (78°41′S 162°0′E / 78.683°S 162°E / 78.683; 162) is the glacier draining the southwest face of Mount Cocks and a considerable area south of the mountain, and entering the …   Wikipedia

  • Cocks IBE scheme — is an Identity based encryption system proposed by Clifford Cocks in 2001 [1]. The security of the scheme is based on the hardness of the quadratic residuosity problem. Contents 1 Protocol 1.1 Setup 1.2 Extract …   Wikipedia

  • Cocks, Cornwall — Cocks is a village in Cornwall, England.[1] References ^ Google Maps. Maps (Map).  …   Wikipedia

  • cocks|comb — «KOKS KOHM», noun. 1. the fleshy, red part on the top of a rooster s head. 2. a pointed cap somewhat like this, worn by a jester or clown. 3. Also, coxcomb. a plant with crested or feathery clusters of red, purple, white, or yellow flowers.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cocks|foot — «KOKS FUT», noun. a tall, coarse, perennial grass, native to Europe but widely naturalized, valuable for hay and pasture, having a branched panicle shaped like a cock s foot; orchard grass …   Useful english dictionary

  • cocks|head — «KOKS HEHD», noun. an herb of the pea family, closely allied to the sainfoin, growing in Mediterranean regions …   Useful english dictionary

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