The difficulty you had "cocking" it reminds me of the medieval crossbow. From Wordnik.com. [small accomplishments] Reference
I can certainly remember the 'cocking' fad being everywhere in Afghan on my recent forays and I certainly didn't feel smirched by it. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
“Every day,” she says, cocking her head at me, puzzled. From Wordnik.com. [Visitation Hour] Reference
"I wish to the Lord you had prudence; old Vellum's cocking his lugs.". From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
"What'll you take?" repeated the Mino, cocking his other eye upon Herr. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
"Ask himself here," said John, cocking a thumb over his shoulder at me. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
"See here," interrupted Miss Jinny, cocking her eyes severely at Bruce. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at School] Reference
"Stop the convoy at your peril!" cried the corporal, cocking his musket. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
"Are they at it?" he asked, cocking his ear toward the music of Schumann. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
He hung up and leaned back in his chair, cocking his feet up on the desk. From Wordnik.com. [By Proxy] Reference
By just cocking his eye, so, he could see what was going on up in the world. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Roger moved in, cocking his fist for the left hook and Tom was ready for him. From Wordnik.com. [Stand by for Mars!] Reference
"Oh, you're a kill-joy!" cried Betty, cocking an optimistic eye up at the sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
Mrs Murchison, cocking her head to read the card, tried hard not to look pleased. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
“With your mama?” she say, cocking her head to the side. From Wordnik.com. [Gone] Reference
Rab looked perplexed and dangerous; forever cocking his ear and dropping it as fast. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
Do you think this by-named Drimdarroch will be going about cocking his bonnet over his. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
"Maybe the storm's not over," said her cousin, cocking an eye towards the clouded heavens. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Her head went back, -- she has a pretty bird-like trick of cocking it a little on one side. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
"I said 'freeze,' you son of a b--- h," the Israeli screams, cocking and aiming his M-16 rifle. From Wordnik.com. [Israel's Unpluggable Palestinian Problem] Reference
"Ain't that reason enough for Mrs. Wood to quit?" demanded Peace, cocking her head judiciously. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
"I wish I had some," said the latter, cocking a still more anxious eye at the threatening cloud. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
It looked like she was about to do a floor routine with all that head cocking and hand pointing. From Wordnik.com. [Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News] Reference
But this time, if Saddam hears the click of a pistol cocking, it will probably be the real thing. From Wordnik.com. [Saddam's Bunkers] Reference
But it would appear that the marquis was acquainted with the principle of the self-cocking pistol. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
"Twenty can play it as well as one!" the parrot yelled, cocking his eye over the edge of the cage. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
A second time he gave it and then Ivy issued forth and, cocking her weird old head on one side, listened. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
Very "bad" men tied back or removed the trigger altogether, cocking and releasing the hammer with the thumb, or. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
About ten days ago, in cocking a pistol in the guard-room at Marcau (?) he accidentally shot himself through the thigh. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
"Here is what?" in imitative whispers, breathed R----; but, at the same time, cocking the trigger of his rifle, "I don't see him.". From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
He has a quaint, bird-like way of cocking his head on one side, and asking a question that appears to be the result of years of study. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
"I could bring him down like a capercailzie," said M'Iver, coolly, running his eye along his pistol and cocking it through his keek-hole. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
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