▪ I. unˈcocked, ppl. a.1
[un-1 8.]
Of a hat: Not cocked or turned up.
| 1721 Ramsay Morning Interview 13 The sons of Bacchus stagger home to rest, With tatter'd wigs, foul shoes, and uncock'd hats. 1751 Johnson Rambler No. 109 ¶6 With..my hair unpowdered, and my hat uncocked. 1785 Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Zouch, or Slouch, a slouched hat; a hat with its brims let down, or uncocked. |
▪ II. unˈcocked, ppl. a.2
[un-1 8.]
Of crops: Not put up in cocks.
| 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 58 If theire come any great raines, then they [pease] are better uncocked then cocked. |