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Definition: Cockling sea
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.
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Cockling sea, waves dashing against each other with a short
and quick motion. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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