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COCKLE, n. 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, v.i. or t. To contract into wrinkles; to shrink, pucker, or wrinkle, as cloth.

1913 Definition
Cockle (cockle)
n.(kk"k'l)
Coc"kle
[OE. cockes cockles, AS. s***aemacr]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. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
    (b)

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