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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 *
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 being pulled to the rear, putting the hammer/ striker into a spring-loaded ("cocked") "ready and set" position ...
, a device on a firearm that results in the hammer or striker being cocked or moved to the ready position *
Cocking, West Sussex Cocking is a village, parish and civil parish in the 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 there were 190 households in ...
, a village, parish, and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England *
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 square, or 45 inches (114 cm) on side, tanned, and kept stretched by two ...
, a device used for catching pheasants *
Edward Cocking Edward Charles Daniel Cocking FRS (born 26 September 1931) is a British plant scientist, and Emeritus Professor at University of Nottingham. He was on the Board of Trustees of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from 1983 to 1993. He is on the Board of ...
(born 1931), British plant scientist *
Robert Cocking Robert Cocking (1776 – 24 July 1837) was a British watercolour artist who died in the first parachute accident. Parachute design Robert Cocking was a professional watercolour artist with a keen amateur interest in science. He had seen ...
(1776-1837), British watercolour artist *
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 London, he moved with his parents to Aus ...
(1845-1914), merchant in Yokohama {{disambiguation, surname