About The Word Cockle
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Cockle
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What's The Definition Of Cockle?
[n] common edible European bivalve mollusk having a rounded shell with radiating ribs
[n] common edible European bivalve [v] to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [v] stir up (water) so as to form ripples Synonyms | Synonyms for Cockle: crumple | knit | pucker | riffle | ripple | ruffle | rumple | undulate Related Terms | Find terms related to Cockle: cocker | corrugate | crease | crimp | crimple | crinkle | crumple | dimple | fret | furrow | knit | knot | pucker | purse | ridge | rimple | ripple | ruck | ruckle | rumple | shirr | wimple | wrinkle See Also | bivalve | Cardium | Cardium edule | Cardium edule | crease | crinkle | crisp | edible cockle | edible cockle | flow | flux | fold | fold up | genus Cardium | lamellibranch | pelecypod | ruckle | scrunch | scrunch up | shellfish | turn up | wrinkle Cockle In Webster's Dictionary \Coc"kle\ (k[o^]k"k'l), n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS.
s[=ae]coccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs
cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by F. coquille
shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. {Coach}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the
genus {Cardium}, especially {C. edule}, used in Europe for
food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other
genera.
2. A cockleshell.
3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by
the Cornish miners. --Raymond.
4. The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] --Knight.
5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast. --Knight.
6. The dome of a heating furnace. --Knight.
{Cockle hat}, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge
of a pilgrim. --Shak.
{Cockle stairs}, winding or spiral stairs.
\Coc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cockled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cockling}.] [Of uncertian origin.] To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting. {Cockling sea}, waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. \Coc"kle\, n. [AS. coccel, cocel; cf. Gael. cogall tares, husks, cockle.] (Bot.) (a) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose ({Luchnis Githage}). (b) The {Lotium}, or darnel. |
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