Cockshy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cockshy \Cock"shy`\, n.
     1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown
        at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular
        sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at
        live cocks.
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     2. An object at which stones are flung.
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              "Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small
              boy.                                  --Dickens.
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