Crossword clues for cockle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
(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.
A cockleshell.
The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
--Raymond.The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.]
--Knight.A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
--Knight.-
The dome of a heating furnace.
--Knight.Cockle hat, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim.
--Shak.Cockle stairs, winding or spiral stairs.
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.
Cockling sea, waves dashing against each other with a short
and quick motion.
--Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Cockle \Coc"kle\, n. [AS. coccel, cocel; cf. Gael. cogall tares, husks, cockle.] (Bot.)
A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose ( Luchnis Githage).
The Lotium, or darnel.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of mollusk, early 14c., from Old French coquille (13c.) "scallop, scallop shell; mother of pearl; a kind of hat," altered (by influence of coque "shell") from Vulgar Latin *conchilia, from Latin conchylium "mussel, shellfish," from Greek konkhylion "little shellfish," from konkhe "mussel, conch." Phrase cockles of the heart (1660s) is perhaps from similar shape, or from Latin corculum, diminutive of cor "heart."
flowering weed that grows in wheat fields, Old English coccel "darnel," used in Middle English to translate the Bible word now usually given as tares (see tare (n.1)). It is in no other Germanic language and may be from a diminutive of Latin coccus "grain, berry."
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells. 2 The shell of such a mollusk. 3 (context in the plural English) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “warm the cockles of one's heart”). 4 (context directly from French coquille English) A wrinkle, pucker 5 (context by extension English) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep 6 (context mining UK Cornwall English) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl. 7 (context UK English) The fire chamber of a furnace. 8 (context UK English) A kiln for drying hops; an oast. 9 (context UK English) The dome of a heating furnace. vb. To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker. Etymology 2
n. Any of several field weeds, such as the corncockle, (taxlink Agrostemma githago species noshow=1), and ''Lolium temulentum''.
WordNet
n. common edible European bivalve
common edible European bivalve mollusk having a rounded shell with radiating ribs
Wikipedia
Cockle may refer to:
- Cockle (bivalve), a group of edible saltwater clams (marine molluscs)
- Lolium temulentum, a tufted grass plant
- Berwick cockles, a confectionery from Scotland
- The Mark II canoes used in Operation Frankton, the British attack on Bordeaux in 1942
- The Cockleshell Heroes, a 1955 film based on Operation Frankton
A cockle is a small, edible, saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae. True cockles live in sandy, sheltered beaches throughout the world. The distinctive rounded shells are bilaterally symmetrical, and are heart-shaped when viewed from the end. Numerous radial evenly spaced ribs are a feature of the shell in most but not all genera (for an exception, see the genus Laevicardium, the egg cockles, which have very smooth shells).
The shell of a cockle is able to close completely (i.e., there is no "gape" at any point around the edge). Though the shell of a cockle may superficially resemble that of a scallop because of the ribs, cockles can be distinguished from scallops morphologically in that cockle shells lack "auricles" (triangular ear-shaped protrusions near the hinge line) and scallop shells lack a pallial sinus. Behaviorally, cockles live buried in sediment, whereas scallops are either free-living and will swim in the sea water to avoid a predator, or in some cases they live attached by a byssus to a substrate.
The mantle has three apertures (inhalant, exhalant, and pedal) for siphoning water and for the foot to protrude. Cockles typically burrow using the foot, and feed by filtering plankton from the surrounding water. Cockles are capable of "jumping" by bending and straightening the foot. As is the case in many bivalves, cockles display gonochorism (the sex of an individual varies according to conditions), and some species reach maturity rapidly.
The common name "cockle" is also given by seafood sellers to a number of other small, edible marine bivalves which have a somewhat similar shape and sculpture, but are in other families such as the Veneridae (Venus clams) and the ark clams. Cockles in the family Cardiidae are sometimes referred to as "true cockles" to distinguish them from these other species.
Usage examples of "cockle".
Cockle sang two songs without accompaniment, for he was not willing to risk either his hands or his instruments by exposure to the chilling wind.
She paused to watch an old Malay fisherman unload silvery barramundi, thread them along an oar and, hoisting it to one shoulder, lift a bucket of cockle oysters and set off for town.
Spitefully he grinned wider, as if it warmed the cockles of his heart, when Prew stripped off his suntans and turned them in and put on the fatigues.
And bright and gay as Amsel made him, Potrimpos, the forever laughing youth with the ear of wheat between his teeth, brought in only a single gulden, although Potrimpos protects summer and winter seed against corn cockle, charlock and wild mustard, against couchgrass, vetches, spurry, and ergot.
I became aware that Cockle stood just outside our circle, witnessing our words, and those who had started to return to their tents had also halted to watch this play.
Welsh griddle cakes sprinkled with caster sugar, marinated cockles, Anglesey eggs, laver bread and Glamorgan sausages created a fragrant smell that quickly set her mouth to watering.
Spitefully he grinned wider, as if it warmed the cockles of his heart, when Prew stripped off his suntans and turned them in and put on the fatigues.
Cockle was going on shore with one of the mates and a party of the men, he to botanise and they to obtain fresh provisions, I went up to the captain and asked leave to accompany him.
By the three Kennedys and the one Lincoln, but there is a name to stir the cockles of memory.
And bright and gay as Amsel made him, Potrimpos, the forever laughing youth with the ear of wheat between his teeth, brought in only a single gulden, although Potrimpos protects summer and winter seed against corn cockle, charlock and wild mustard, against couchgrass, vetches, spurry, and ergot.
Fallon felt the cockles of his heart warming to a temperature at which, on a cold day, he would be tempted to dispense with his overcoat.
Carefully and comprehensively, he covered every aspect and detail of the situation with a calorific lavishness of imagery that would have warmed the cockles of a sergeant-major's heart.
And when he had worked for a while on the message, touching up the skillfully drawn characters with a pencil the mate to that which Victor had used, he sat back and laughed aloud over the result of his labours, with some appreciation of the glow that warms the cockles of the artist's heart when his deft pen has raised a cheque from tens to thousands, and he reviews a good job well done.
He waswaiting in the hallway to meet them, grinning like a boy,the cockles of his heart not just warmed but done to aturn.
In many the flowers, blades, or staminous shootes and leaves are all equally five, as in cockle, mullein and Blattaria.