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cock·le
/ˈkɑkəl/
海扇類,海扇殼,小舟,麥仙翁,皺,火爐(vi.)弄皺,折皺,起皺(vt.)使皺
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Coc·kle
,
n.
Bot.
(a)
A
plant
or
weed
that
grows
among
grain
;
the
corn
rose
(
Luchnis Githage
).
(b)
The
Lotium
,
or
darnel
.
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Coc·kle
n.
1.
Zool.
A
bivalve
mollusk
,
with
radiating
ribs
,
of
the
genus
Cardium
,
especially
Cardium 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
.
4.
The
fire
chamber
of
a
furnace
. [
Eng
.]
5.
A
hop-drying
kiln
;
an
oast
.
6.
The
dome
of
a
heating
furnace
.
Cockle hat
,
a
hat
ornamented
with
a
cockleshell
,
the
badge
of
a
pilgrim
. --
Shak
.
Cockle stairs
,
winding
or
spiral
stairs
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Coc·kle
,
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Cockled
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Cockling
]
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
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
cockle
n
1:
common
edible
European
bivalve
2:
common
edible
European
bivalve
mollusk
having
a
rounded
shell
with
radiating
ribs
v
1:
stir
up
(
water
)
so
as
to
form
ripples
[
syn
:
ripple
,
ruffle
,
riffle
,
undulate
]
2:
to
gather
something
into
small
wrinkles
or
folds
; "
She
puckered
her
lips
" [
syn
:
pucker
,
rumple
,
crumple
,
knit
]
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Cockle
occurs
only
in
Job
31:40 (
marg
., "
noisome
weeds
"),
where
it
is
the
rendering
of
a
Hebrew
word
(
b'oshah
)
which
means
"
offensive
," "
having
a
bad
smell
,"
referring
to
some
weed
perhaps
which
has
an
unpleasant
odour
.
Or
it
may
be
regarded
as
simply
any
noisome
weed
,
such
as
the
"
tares
"
or
darnel
of
Matt
.
13:30.
In
Isa
. 5:2, 4
the
plural
form
is
rendered
"
wild
grapes
."
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