Crossword clues for cockled
cockled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cockled \Coc"kled\, a. Wrinkled; puckered.
Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain.
--Gay.
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.
Cockled \Coc"kled\, a. Inclosed in a shell.
The tender horns of cockled snails.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
(context obsolete English) Enclosed in a shell. v
(en-past of: cockle)
Usage examples of "cockled".
The rag-paper had cockled so badly because of water damage that, viewed side-on, the pages resembled the gills on the underside of a mushroom.
For a few seconds I rubbed the cockled edge of the document between my finger and thumb, enjoying the furry texture of the membrane, as soft and smooth as a lady's cheek.
The seared leaves and cockled animal skins stacked in the disinterred coffin told some strange and possibly tragic tale, as did his collection of books.
A lifetime of outdoor work had given the man in the Mountaineer a cured-leather face, but the decades of sun that crimped and cockled his skin had not left any light in him, and the years of wind had not piped much life into his bones.
In the dim yellow finger of the flashlight beam Joanna could see the old scars that straggled from wrist to elbow as he rolled up his sleeve, tiny punctures and slashes, and here and there long, cockled threads where the veins had been repeatedly slit.
In the dim yellow finger of the flashlight beam Joanna could see the old scars that straggled from wrist to elbow as he rolled up his sleeve, tiny punctures and slashes, and here and there long, cockled threads where the veins had been repeatedly slit.