"Cock tail, then, is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters — it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion," went this inaugural mention.
Cells were washed two times with PBS and lysed in RIPA buffer (Tris-HCl 0.25 ℳ, SDS 0.2%, pH 6.8, glycerol 20%, 1 mℳ NaF, 10 mℳ β-glycerol phosphate, and 1 μl ml−1 protease inhibitor cock tail; Sigma-Aldrich Corp., St . Louis MO, USA).
A flamelike forelock shoots up between the pricked ears of each, and each has a long, cocked tail.
In these tiny birds the narrow, cocked tail consists of six wispy feathers in quality, like the feathers of the emu.
Typical of the family, it is about 10 cm (4 inches) long, dark-barred brown (sexes alike), with a short bill slightly downcurved, short rounded wings, and a short cocked tail.
The bird's beak was longer and more curved than I recalled; somehow our brains want to balance it, render it straight to match the bird's stiff cocked tail at the other end.
It is a rather typical Troglodytes wren, rotund and largely brown-colored, with a short, frequently cocked tail, the most obvious plumage features are the barred wings and tail, and the pale supercilium, which varies from whitish to buffy, depending on the particular subspecies involved.
Dominance is shown by an upright stance, with fluffed chest feathers and cocked tail, an exaggerated slow walk, head jerking and gaping.
Ever since I have been in London I have taken in a wine-glass what is called a cock-tail... before breakfast, before dinner, & just before going to bed.... To it I attribute the fact that up to this day my digestion has been wonderful -- simply perfect.
The His-tagged proteins were extracted from the supernatant of the cell lysates with the addition of 1 mmol/L protease inhibitor PMSF and 1 1000 cock-tail proteases (Sigma), purified by Ni2+-affinity chromatography using a 1 mL Ni-NTA column.
The editor, Harry Croswell, noted that a cock-tail is a potion that "renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head".
