Found 2 items, similar to cockling.
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: Cockling
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.
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