cockle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cockle	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for cockle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cockle n common edible European bivalve common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs v stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate] to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" Synonym(s): pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cockle \Coc"kle\ (k[ocr]k"k'l), n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS. s[aemac]coccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by F. coquille shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. {Coach}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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."