Definition of cockle

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Cockle (n.) 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..

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Cockler :: Cockler (n.) One who takes and sells cockles.
Cockle :: Cockle (v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting..
Cockleshell :: Cockleshell (n.) One of the shells or valves of a cockle.
Hotcockles :: Hotcockles (n.) A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him..
Clotweed :: Clotweed (n.) Cocklebur.
Cockled :: Cockled (imp. & p. p.) of Cockl.
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The Lotium, or darnel..
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The dome of a heating furnace.
Gith :: Gith (n.) The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower..
Purple :: Purple (n.) A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
Cockleshell :: Cockleshell (n.) A light boat.
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) 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..
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The fire chamber of a furnace.
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
Cockled :: Cockled (a.) Inclosed in a shell.
Xanthium :: Xanthium (n.) A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur.
Lychnis :: Lychnis (n.) A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields..
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
Cocklebur :: Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur..
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