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cockles - 4 dictionary results

cock⋅le

1[kok-uhl] 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)
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

cock⋅le

2[kok-uhl]
–noun
a weed, as the darnel Lolium temulentum, or rye grass, L. perenne.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE coccel
cock·le 1   (kŏk'əl)   
n.  
  1. Any of various bivalve mollusks of the family Cardiidae, having rounded or heart-shaped shells with radiating ribs.
  2. The shell of a cockle.
  3. A wrinkle; a pucker.
  4. Nautical A cockleshell.
intr. & tr.v.   cock·led, cock·ling, cock·les
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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