cockle
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English cokel, cokkel, kokkel, cocle, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a diminutive of Middle English cokke, cok (“cockle”), from Old English cocc (found in sǣcocc (“cockle”)) + -le; or perhaps from Old French coquille, from Vulgar Latin *cocchilia, from conchylia, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhúlion), diminutive of κογχύλη (konkhúlē, “mussel”), from Proto-Indo-European *konkho.
Noun[edit]
cockle (plural cockles)
- Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
- The shell of such a mollusk.
- (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
- (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
- (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
- (mining, Britain, Cornwall) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl[1].
- (Britain) The fire chamber of a furnace.
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- (Britain) A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
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- (Britain) The dome of a heating furnace.
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Verb[edit]
cockle (third-person singular simple present cockles, present participle cockling, simple past and past participle cockled)
- To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.
Etymology 2[edit]
Wikispecies From Middle English cockil, cokil, cokylle, from Old English coccel (“darnel”), of unknown origin, perhaps from a diminutive of Latin coccus (“berry”).
Noun[edit]
cockle (plural cockles)
- Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:
- But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:
Synonyms[edit]
- (Lolium temulentum): darnel, false wheat
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Etymology 3[edit]
Rhyming slang, from cock and hen for ten.
Noun[edit]
cockle (plural cockles)
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A £10 note; a tenner.
References[edit]
- ^ 1881, Rossiter W. Raymond, A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms
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