cockatrice's

Upon the next turn, with the cockatrice's brilliant red eyes shining through his sleeve, beckoning to him, unable to remember all the words or follow the unfamiliar music, the Collector sang for the first time the most intricate protection spell he had ever attempted.

Song of Time McLaren, Teri 1996

Upon the next turn, with the cockatrice's brilliant red eyes shining through his sleeve, beckoning to him, unable to remember all the words or follow the unfamiliar music, the Collector sang for the first time the most intricate protection spell he had ever attempted.

Song of Time McLaren, Teri 1996

Of Praden, who had died during the short moments Samor had wrestled with the cockatrice's deadly stare?

Song of Time McLaren, Teri 1996

Of Praden, who had died during the short moments Samor had wrestled with the cockatrice's deadly stare?

Song of Time McLaren, Teri 1996

The lizard-bird cockatrice's ability to turn her to stone with its touch caused her to forego her favorite trick of biting off its head.

The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993

Deuce a one of them know a "corner" from a cockatrice's egg, and if you had mentioned a "scoop" to the most intelligent of them, he'd have sworn that you had been and gone and swallowed a Scandinavian dictionary.

Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 01, April 2, 1870 Various

Let's hope, at all events, that the produce won't be a cockatrice's egg.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 Various

The lion lies down with the lamb, and the child, if it will, may harmlessly put its hand into the cockatrice's den.

The Spell of Egypt Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

But he is overcome of the weasel; and men bring the weasel to the cockatrice's den, where he lurketh and is hid.

Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902

"His ship will sail when thine is crumbling on the sands, and all thou art is like a forsaken cockatrice's nest."

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897