Definition of cockle

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

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Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
Hotcockles :: Hotcockles (n.) A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him..
Cockleshell :: Cockleshell (n.) One of the shells or valves of a cockle.
Cockleshell :: Cockleshell (n.) A light boat.
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.
Clotbur :: Clotbur (n.) Same as Cocklebur.
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A cockleshell.
Cockle :: Cockle (v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting..
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..
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The fire chamber of a furnace.
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The Lotium, or darnel..
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..
Clotweed :: Clotweed (n.) Cocklebur.
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 mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
Purple :: Purple (n.) A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
Cockled :: Cockled (a.) Inclosed in a shell.
Cockled :: Cockled (imp. & p. p.) of Cockl.
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