meaning of cockle
1. 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.
4. The fire chamber of a furnace.
5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
6. The dome of a heating furnace.
7. To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.
8. A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
9. The Lotium, or darnel.
Related Words
cockle | cocklebur | cockled | cockler | cockleshell |
