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Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.

Cockled :: Cockled (imp. & p. p.) of Cockl.

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 (v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting..

Gith :: Gith (n.) The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower..

Cockleshell :: Cockleshell (n.) A light boat.

Cockled :: Cockled (a.) Wrinkled; puckered.

Clotbur :: Clotbur (n.) Same as Cocklebur.

Hotcockles :: Hotcockles (n.) A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him..

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..

Purple :: Purple (n.) A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.

Cockler :: Cockler (n.) One who takes and sells cockles.

Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).

Earcockle :: Earcockle (n.) A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms..

Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A cockleshell.

Clotweed :: Clotweed (n.) Cocklebur.

Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The fire chamber of a furnace.

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.) The dome of a heating furnace.

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