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COCKLED
Verb
cockled
simple past tense and past participle of cockle
Adjective
cockled (not comparable)
(obsolete) Enclosed in a shell.
Anagrams
• clocked
Source: Wiktionary
Coc"kled, a.
Definition: Inclosed in a shell. The tender horns of cockled snails. Shak.
Coc"kled, a.
Definition: Wrinkled; puckered. Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain. Gay.
COCKLE
Coc"kle, n. Etym: [OE. cockes cockles, AS. s 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.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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. Cockle hat, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. Shak.
– Cockle stairs, winding or spiral stairs.
Coc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cockled; p. pr. & vb. n. Cockling.] Etym: [Of uncertian origin.]
Definition: To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting. Cockling sea, waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Coc"kle, n. Etym: [AS. coccel, cocel; cf. Gael. cogall tares, husks, cockle.] (Bot.) (a) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage). (b) The Lotium, or darnel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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