winkle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: winkle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for winkle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winkle n small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked [syn: periwinkle, winkle] edible marine gastropod Synonym(s): periwinkle, winkle v emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" Synonym(s): twinkle, winkle, scintillate gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" Synonym(s): flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle remove or displace from a position Synonym(s): winkle, winkle out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winkle \Win"kle\, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any periwinkle. --Holland. (b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of {Fulgar} ({F. canaliculata}, and {F. carica}). Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking their blood. {Sting winkle}, a European spinose marine shell ({Murex erinaceus}). See Illust. of {Murex}.