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Cockle

Cockle Definition And Meaning
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.

Cockle Definition And Meaning

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

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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