Definition of Cockle. Meaning of Cockle. Synonyms of Cockle

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Definition of Cockle

Cockle
Cockle Coc"kle, n. [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.
Cockle
Cockle Coc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cockled; p. pr. & vb. n. Cockling.] [Of uncertian origin.] 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.

Meaning of Cockle from wikipedia

- up ****le in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ****le may refer to: ****le (bivalve), an edible, marine bivalve mollusc Lolium temulentum (also ****le),...
- Sir James ****le FRS FRAS FCPS (14 January 1819 – 27 January 1895) was an English lawyer and mathematician. ****le was born on 14 January 1819. He was...
- A ****le is an edible marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called ****les, true ****les are species in the family Cardiidae...
- Doug ****le is an American actor and director. He is currently working as a freelance actor. ****le is known for his voice-over roles in video games, most...
- The common ****le (Cerastoderma edule) is a species of edible sal****er clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the ****les. It is found...
- Sir James ****le (1819–1895) was an English lawyer and mathematician. James ****le may also refer to: James ****le (surgeon) (1782–1854), his father, British...
- incoming tide at Morecambe Bay in North West England, while harvesting ****les off the Lancashire coast. Fifteen other labourers from the same group managed...
- ****le (17 July 1782 – 8 December 1854) was a prominent British surgeon and father of eventual Chief Justice of Queensland, Sir James ****le. ****le was...
- ****le bread was an inferior type of British corn or wheat bread mixed with "****le weed". In the 17th century a practice known as "moulding" ****le-bread...
- Agrostemma is a genus of annual plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, containing the species known as corn****les. Its best-known member is A. githago...