cockle
English
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Etymology 1
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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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "VL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. *cocchilia, form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin conchylia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhúlion), diminutive of κογχύλη (konkhúlē, “mussel”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *konkho.
Noun
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, UK, Cornwall) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
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- (UK) The fire chamber of a furnace.
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- (UK) A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
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- (UK) The dome of a heating furnace.
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Verb
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- To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.
Etymology 2
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Wikispecies From Middle English cockil, cokil, cokylle, from Old English coccel (“darnel”), of unknown origin, perhaps from a diminutive of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin coccus (“berry”).
Noun
cockle (plural cockles)
- Any of several field weeds, such as the corncockle, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., and 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
- (Lolium temulentum): darnel, false wheat
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