cockle
['kɑkl.]
n. 鸟, 鸟壳, 舟, 田草, 褶皱

vi. 弄皱, 皱, 起皱

vt. 使皱

[医] 稗

1. The small shallow boat is called a cockle.
   那种浅底船舟。
2. The taste of cockle is very good.
   海扇味道非常。
3. The taste of cockle is very good.
   海扇味道非常。

cockle
[ noun ]

1. common edible European bivalve

<noun.food>

2. common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs

<noun.animal>

[ verb ]

1. stir up (water) so as to form ripples

<verb.motion> riffle ripple ruffle undulate

2. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

<verb.contact> crumple knit pucker rumple
She puckered her lips

Cockle \Coc"kle\ (k[o^]k"k'l), n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS.
s[=ae]coccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs
cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by F. coquille
shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. {Coach}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the
genus {Cardium}, especially {Cardium edule}, used in
Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of
other genera.

2. A cockleshell.

3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by
the Cornish miners. --Raymond.

4. The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] --Knight.

5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast. --Knight.

6. The dome of a heating furnace. --Knight.

{Cockle hat}, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge
of a pilgrim. --Shak.

{Cockle stairs}, winding or spiral stairs.


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.


Cockle \Coc"kle\, n. [AS. coccel, cocel; cf. Gael. cogall tares,
husks, cockle.] (Bot.)
(a) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose
({Luchnis Githage}).
(b) The {Lotium}, or darnel.