What is the meaning of Cockle?

  • (n.) The dome of a heating furnace.
  • (v.t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.
  • (n.) A cockleshell.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
  • (n.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
  • (n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
  • (n.) The fire chamber of a furnace.
  • (n.) The Lotium or darnel.
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APAWebster's. (2011). cockle. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/cockle/definitions/1988606
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MLAWebster's. "cockle" 27 May 2011. Web. 26 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/cockle/definitions/1988606>
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