Try cock \Try cock\
A cock for withdrawing a small quantity of liquid, as for
testing.
Try \Try\, n.
1. A screen, or sieve, for grain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Holland.
2. Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
This breaking of his has been but a try for his
friends. --Shak.
{Try cock}, a gauge cock. See under {Gauge}.