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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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