cockle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun common edible European bivalve
  2. noun common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
  3. verb stir up (water) so as to form ripples
    ripple; riffle; undulate; ruffle.
  4. verb to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
    knit; rumple; pucker; crumple.
    • She puckered her lips

WordNet

Coc"kle noun
Etymology
OE. cockes cockles, AS. scoccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by EF. coquille shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. Coach.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.
Coc"kle transitive verb
Etymology
Of uncertian origin.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cockled ; present participle & verbal noun Cockling
Definitions
  1. To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.
Coc"kle noun
Etymology
AS. coccel, cocel; cf. Gael. cogall tares, husks, cockle.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage). (b) The Lotium, or darnel.

Webster 1913