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cock⋅le
1
[kok-uh
l] 
noun, verb, -led, -ling.–noun
| 1. | any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart-shaped, radially ribbed valves, esp. C. edule, the common edible species of Europe. |
| 2. | any of various allied or similar mollusks. |
| 3. | cockleshell (defs. 1, 2). |
| 4. | a wrinkle; pucker: a cockle in fabric. |
| 5. | a small, crisp candy of sugar and flour, bearing a motto. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to contract into wrinkles; pucker: This paper cockles easily. |
| 7. | to rise in short, irregular waves; ripple: The waves cockled along the shore. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idiom| 8. | to cause to wrinkle, pucker, or ripple: The wind cockled the water. |
| 9. | cockles of one's heart, the depths of one's emotions or feelings: The happy family scene warmed the cockles of his heart. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME cokille < MF coqille < VL *cocchīlia, L conchylia, pl. of conchȳlium < Gk konchȳ́lion, equiv. to konchȳ́l(ē) mussel + -ion dim. suffix; cf. OE -cocc, in sǣ-cocc lit., sea-cockle < VL *coccus for L concha conch
1350–1400; ME cokille < MF coqille < VL *cocchīlia, L conchylia, pl. of conchȳlium < Gk konchȳ́lion, equiv. to konchȳ́l(ē) mussel + -ion dim. suffix; cf. OE -cocc, in sǣ-cocc lit., sea-cockle < VL *coccus for L concha conch
cock⋅le
2 [kok-uhl] –noun
| a weed, as the darnel Lolium temulentum, or rye grass, L. perenne. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE coccel
bef. 1000; ME; OE coccel
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| cock·le 1 (kŏk'əl) n.
To become or cause to become wrinkled or puckered. [Middle English cokel, from Old French coquille, shell, from Vulgar Latin *cochillia, from Latin conchyllium, from Greek konkhulion, diminutive of konkhē, mussel.] |
| cock·le 2 (kŏk'əl) n. Any of several weedy plants, especially the corn cockle. [Middle English cokkel, from Old English coccel, from Medieval Latin *cocculus, diminutive of Latin coccus, kermes berry, from Greek kokkos.] |
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Cockle
Coc"kle\ (k[o^]k"k'l), n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS. s[=ae]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["o]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.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.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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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cockle
1311, "mollusk," from O.Fr. coquille "a blister, shell, cockle," alt. by infl. of cock, from L. conchylium, from Gk. konkhylion "little shellfish," from konkhe "mussel, conch." Phrase cockles of the heart (1669) is perhaps from similar shape, or from L. corculum, dim. of cor "heart." Unrelated O.E. coccel was the name of a flowering weed that grows in wheatfields and was used in M.E. to translate the Bible word now usually given as tares. It is in no other Gmc. language and may be from a dim. of L. coccus "grain, berry."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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."
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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