n. [ from Brompton Hospital, London. ](Pharmacy) A mixture containing morphine and cocaine, and sometimes other narcotic substances, such as heroin, in an alcoholic solution, administered mostly to terminally ill patients, especially cancer patients, to relieve severe pain. Its use is not universally accepted as good medical practice. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Stock Breeding) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A home-made incendiary device consisting of a bottle filled with gasoline, and a cloth wick. The wick is lighted, and the bottle thrown at a target, such as a vehicle, where it may shatter and spread intense flames over the vehicle, destroying or damaging it. [ PJC ]