'Cockle' definitions:

Definition of 'cockle'

(from WordNet)
noun
Common edible European bivalve
noun
Common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
verb
Stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate]
verb
To gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit]

Definition of 'Cockle'

From: GCIDE
  • Cockle \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. [1913 Webster]
  • Cockling sea, waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cockle'

From: GCIDE
  • Cockle \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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cockle'

From: GCIDE
  • Cockle \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. (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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A cockleshell. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The dome of a heating furnace. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • Cockle hat, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. --Shak.
  • Cockle stairs, winding or spiral stairs. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'cockle'

From: Easton
  • Cockle occurs only in Job 31:40 (marg., "noisome weeds"), where it is the rendering of a Hebrew word (b'oshah) which means "offensive," "having a bad smell," referring to some weed perhaps which has an unpleasant odour. Or it may be regarded as simply any noisome weed, such as the "tares" or darnel of Matt. 13:30. In Isa. 5:2, 4 the plural form is rendered "wild grapes."

Synonyms of 'cockle'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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