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The cockatrice has the reputed ability to kill people by either looking at them—"the death-darting eye of Cockatrice" [6] [note 1] —touching them, or sometimes breathing on them. It was repeated in the late-medieval bestiaries that the weasel is the only animal that is immune to the glance of a cockatrice. [ 7 ]
HMS Cockatrice (J229) was a reciprocating engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. Design and description
This is a list of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd-edition monsters, an important element of that role-playing game. [1] [2] [3] This list only includes monsters from official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition supplements published by TSR, Inc. or Wizards of the Coast, not licensed or unlicensed third-party products such as video games or unlicensed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition ...
A cockatrice is a legendary creature resembling a large rooster with a lizard-like tail. Cockatrice may also refer to: Cockatrice (Dungeons & Dragons), a small avian magical beast in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons; HMS Cockatrice, eight ships of the Royal Navy; Cockatrice, a British armoured vehicle mounting a Lagonda flamethrower
HMS Cockatrice (1860), launched in 1860, was a Britomart-class wooden screw gunboat, renamed YC 10 in 1882 and finally sold in 1885. HMS Cockatrice was originally a composite paddle vessel called HMS Niger, launched in 1880, renamed Cockatrice in 1881 and renamed again to HMS Moorhen in 1896. She was sold in 1899.
HMS Cockatrice was an Acasta-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. [1] She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company , launching in 1912 and served throughout the First World War . She was sold for scrap in 1921.
1. Giggle water. Used to describe: Any alcoholic drink, liquor or sparkling wine In the roaring '20s (that's 1920s, kids!) during prohibition, giggle water was slang for any alcoholic beverage.
Cockatrice had a length at the gundeck of 80 feet (24.4 m) and 64 feet 2 inches (19.6 m) at the keel.She had a beam of 23 feet 4 inches (7.1 m), a draught of about 9 feet 5 inches (2.9 m) and a depth of hold of 9 feet 10 inches (3.0 m).