cockling sea

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cockling sea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     Cockling sea, waves dashing against each other with a short
        and quick motion. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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