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Meaning Of Cockle

  1. n.
    A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.
  2. n.
    A cockleshell.
  3. n.
    The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
  4. n.
    The fire chamber of a furnace.
  5. n.
    A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
  6. n.
    The dome of a heating furnace.
  7. v. t.
    To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.
  8. n.
    A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
  9. n.
    The Lotium, or darnel.



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