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Webster 1913 Edition

Cockle

Coc′kle

(kŏk′k’l)
,
Noun.
[OE.
cockes
cockles, AS.
sǣcoccas
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.
(Zool.)
A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus
Cardium
, especially
Cardium 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

,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cockle

COCKLE

,
Noun.
A plant or weed that grows among corn, the cornrose, a species of Agrostemma. It is also applied to the Lolium or darnel.

COCKLE

, n.
1.
A small testaceous shell; or rather a genus of shells, the Cardium. The general characteristics are; shells nearly equilateral and equivalvular; hinge with two small teeth, one on each side near the beak, and two larger remote lateral teeth, one on each side; prominent ribs running from the hinge to the edge of the valve.
2.
A mineral; a name given by the Cornish miners to shirl or shorl.
3.
A young cock.

COCKLE

,
Verb.
I.
or t. To contract into wrinkles; to shrink, pucker, or wrinkle, as cloth.

Definition 2024

cockle

cockle

English

Noun

cockle ‎(plural cockles)

  1. Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
  2. The shell of such a mollusk.
  3. (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
  4. (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
  5. (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
  6. (mining, Britain, Cornwall) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
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  7. (Britain) The fire chamber of a furnace.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
  8. (Britain) A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
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  9. (Britain) The dome of a heating furnace.
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Verb

cockle ‎(third-person singular simple present cockles, present participle cockling, simple past and past participle cockled)

  1. To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

Etymology 2

Wikispecies

Wikispecies From Old English coccel, perhaps from a diminutive of Latin coccus ‎(“berry”)

Noun

cockle ‎(plural cockles)

  1. Any of several field weeds, such as the corncockle, Agrostemma githago, and Lolium temulentum.
Synonyms
  • (Lolium temulentum): darnel, false wheat
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Etymology

Cockles

From Old French coquille, from Vulgar Latin *cocchilia, form of Latin conchylia, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον ‎(konkhúlion), diminutive of κογχύλη ‎(konkhúlē, “mussel”), from Proto-Indo-European *konkho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒkl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɒkəl

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