[kok-uh
l] 
noun, verb, -led, -ling.| 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. |
| 6. | to contract into wrinkles; pucker: This paper cockles easily. |
| 7. | to rise in short, irregular waves; ripple: The waves cockled along the shore. |
| 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. |
[kok-uhl] | a weed, as the darnel Lolium temulentum, or rye grass, L. perenne. |
| 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.] |
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."