Found 2 items, similar to cockle.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cockle cockle n 1: common edible European bivalve 2: common edible European bivalve mollusk having a rounded shell with radiating ribs cockle v 1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, ruffle, riffle, undulate] 2: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; “She puckered her lips” [syn: pucker, rumple, crumple, knit]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cockle 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 Cardium edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera. [1913 Webster] 2. A cockleshell. [1913 Webster] 3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] 4. The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] --Knight. [1913 Webster] 5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast. --Knight. [1913 Webster] 6. The dome of a heating furnace. --Knight. [1913 Webster] Cockle hat, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. --Shak. Cockle stairs, winding or spiral stairs. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Cockling sea, waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]