▪ I. cox, n.1 colloq.
(kɒks)
Abbreviation of coxswain n.
| 1869 J. C. Tinne International Training (1923) 9 Turned and rowed hard down to Whitchurch, with the exception of one unintentional easy halfway, owing to the fact of the cox. mistaking the way we wished to go. 1881 Rowing, Steering & Coaching on Cam 29 It may be laid down as a general statement, that a cox. can't shout too much. 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xv. 253 Then ‘cox’ threw both rudder lines overboard, and burst into tears. 1955 Times 13 Aug. 8/7 Walter, one time cox of his college eight and collector of three rudders. |
▪ II. cox, v. colloq.
[f. cox n.1]
trans. To act as cox or coxswain to (a boat); also intr. So ˈcoxing vbl. n.
| 1881 Rowing, Steering & Coaching on Cam 23 Though coxing does not require so much physical exertion as rowing, it requires more mental effort. 1920 Notes on Coxing 21 A coxswain..must decide whether he is out just to ‘steer’ or really to ‘cox’. 1939 Nickalls & Mallam Rowing vii. 116 Weight is the governing factor which decides whether or not you are suitable for coxing. |
▪ III. cox
var. of cock's: see cock n.8
| 1667 Dryden Sir M. Mar-all iii. i, By Coxbones. |
▪ IV. cox
var. of cokes Obs., fool, and of coxe.