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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Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
Cockled :: Cockled (a.) Inclosed in a shell.
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The Lotium, or darnel..
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.
Cockler :: Cockler (n.) One who takes and sells cockles.
Cockled :: Cockled (a.) Wrinkled; puckered.
Earcockle :: Earcockle (n.) A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms..
Gith :: Gith (n.) The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower..
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The dome of a heating furnace.
Oast :: Oast (n.) A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle.
Clotbur :: Clotbur (n.) Same as Cocklebur.
Cockleshell :: Cockleshell (n.) One of the shells or valves of a cockle.
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).
Cockle :: Cockle (v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting..
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A cockleshell.
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The fire chamber of a furnace.
Cocklebur :: Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur..
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
Clotweed :: Clotweed (n.) Cocklebur.
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