Definition of cockle
- 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.
- n. - A cockleshell.
- n. - The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the
Cornish miners.
- n. - The fire chamber of a furnace.
- n. - A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
- n. - The dome of a heating furnace.
- v. t. - To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some
kinds of cloth after a wetting.
- n. - A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose
(Luchnis Githage).
- n. - The Lotium, or darnel.