Cockle

Word COCKLE
Character 6
Hyphenation coc kle
Pronunciations /ˈkɒkl̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Cockle"

What do we mean by cockle?

Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.

The shell of such a mollusk.

(in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).

(directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker

(by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep

The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.

The fire chamber of a furnace.

A kiln for drying hops; an oast.

The dome of a heating furnace.

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The word "cockle" in example sentences

Or has it been an accident that a nation which loved the sea and counted everything that floated human, sent its sons faring forth in cockle-shells to a land when there were still great spaces to be occupied? ❋ Unknown (1919)

And the cockle are the children of the wicked one. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

There are plants called cockle-burs whose seed-pods are provided with stickers in every direction, so that anything brushing against them is sure to pick them up. ❋ William Walker Atkinson (1897)

And I shall call the cockle-shells papa, for they are the biggest and strongest; and the dingle-bells shall be brother Hobart, and the cowslips brother ❋ Unknown (1887)

It took the opening credits of Roger Vadim's 1968 sci-fi send-up Barbarella -- a naked Jane Fonda floating in space to the accompaniment of the oh-so-'60s theme song "Barbarella, psychedella/There's a kind of cockle shell about you" -- to convince us otherwise. ❋ Michael Sigman (2010)

It took the opening credits of Roger Vadim's 1968 sci-fi send-up Barbarella -- a naked Jane Fonda floating in space to the accompaniment of the oh-so-'60s theme song "Barbarella, psychedella /There's a kind of cockle shell about you" -- to convince us otherwise. ❋ Michael Sigman (2010)

Here's a story that will warm the cockles of your heart (what is a "cockle," anyway?). ❋ Unknown (2003)

The fish are taken by hand-lining with "cockle" bait or by ❋ Walter H. Rich (N/A)

Testament we have "cockle", for which compare Job, xxxi, 40: "Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley." ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Originally called "motto hearts," their precursor was a trendy fortune cookie-like treat sold during the Civil War called a "cockle," which had printed phrases rolled up inside its scallop-shaped shell. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The arrangement of dark and light elements in a picture. cockle ❋ Unknown (2009)

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