n. [ OE. kukeweld, cokewold, cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. ] 1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) (a) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter). (b) The cowfish. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cuckolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cuckolding. ] To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Naut.) A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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