Cocking may refer to:
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Cocking affair
The Cocking affair was an attempt in 1941 by Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge to exert direct control over the state's educational system, particularly through the firing of Professor Walter Cocking because of his support for racial integration, ...
, an attempt in 1941 by Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge to exert direct control over the state's educational system
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Cocking handle
The cocking handle, also known as charging handle or bolt handle, is a device on a firearm which, when manipulated, results in the bolt (firearms), bolt being pulled to the rear, putting the hammer (firearms), hammer/firing pin, striker into a sp ...
, a device on a firearm that results in the hammer or striker being cocked or moved to the ready position
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Cocking, West Sussex
Cocking is a village, parish and civil parish in the Chichester (district), Chichester district of West Sussex, England. The village is about three miles (5 km) south of Midhurst on the main A286 road to Chichester.
In the 2001 census ther ...
, a village, parish, and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England
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Cocking-cloth
In hunting tactics, a cocking-cloth was a device used for catching pheasants, similar in construction to a kite.
It consists of a piece of coarse canvas, about an ell
An ell (from Proto-Germanic *''alinō'', cognate with Latin ''ulna'') ...
, a device used for catching pheasants
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Edward Cocking
Edward Charles Daniel Cocking FRS (26 September 1931 – 14 July 2023), known as Ted Cocking, was a British plant scientist, and Emeritus Professor at University of Nottingham.
He was on the Board of Trustees of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from ...
(born 1931), British plant scientist
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Robert Cocking
Robert Cocking (1776 – 24 July 1837) was a British Watercolor painting, watercolour artist who died in the first known fatal parachute accident.
Parachute design
Robert Cocking was a professional watercolour artist with a keen amateur ...
(1776-1837), British watercolour artist
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Samuel Cocking
Samuel Cocking (19 March 1845 in Camberwell London – 26 February 1914 in Yokohama, Japan) was a merchant in Yokohama arriving in 1869, shortly after the “Opening of Japan”. Although he was born in Ireland, he moved with his parents to Austr ...
(1845-1914), merchant in Yokohama
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