[Sca-cooks] RE: farning

[Terry Decker]

> Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> [2005.08.19] wrote:
>> Lyse explained:
>> >cock - def.3 n. a small, cone-shaped pile of hay in a field. -v.
>
>> thinking if I end up sometime picking the word, I could use this word
>> and definition. Then I realized that this word probably wouldn't be
>> the wisest choice. :-)
>
> Go for it! Imagine turns of phrase like "a field full of cocks", or "the
> rain plastered her shirt to her body as she was going around making sure
> all the cocks stood up properly".  Glorious!
>
> UlfR

Hate to break it to you, but (hay) cocks don't stand up, shocks do.  And 
when commenting on that "field of cocks," normal usage is "field of 
haycocks," just to avoid the allusive indiscretion you propose.

Bear