cockle 1
/kok"euhl/ , n. , v. , cockled, cockling .
n.
1. any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart-shaped, radially ribbed valves, esp. C. edule, the common edible species of Europe.
2. any of various allied or similar mollusks.
3. cockleshell (defs. 1, 2).
4. a wrinkle; pucker: a cockle in fabric.
5. a small, crisp candy of sugar and flour, bearing a motto.
6. cockles of one's heart , the depths of one's emotions or feelings: The happy family scene warmed the cockles of his heart.
v.i.
7. to contract into wrinkles; pucker: This paper cockles easily.
8. to rise in short, irregular waves; ripple: The waves cockled along the shore.
v.t.
9. to cause to wrinkle, pucker, or ripple: The wind cockled the water.
[ 1350-1400; ME cokille coqille cocchilia, L conchylia, pl. of CONCHYLIUM konchýlion, equiv. to konchýl ( e ) mussel + -ion dim. suffix; cf. OE -cocc, in sae-cocc lit., sea-cockle coccus for L concha CONCH ]
cockle 2
/kok"euhl/ , n.
a weed, as the darnel Lolium temulentum, or rye grass, L. perenne.
[ bef. 1000; ME; OE coccel ]