Cockieleekie
(Cock`ie*leek"ie) n. Same as Cockaleekie.
Cocking
(Cock"ing), n. Cockfighting. Ben Jonson.
Cockle
(Coc"kle) n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS. s&aemacrcoccas 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. (Zoöl.) 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. 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 (b) The Lotium, or darnel.
Cocklebur
(Coc"kle*bur`) n. (Bot.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of
several species of the genus Xanthium; — called also clotbur.
Cockled
(Coc"kled) a. Inclosed in a shell.
The tender horns of cockled snails.
Shak.
Cockled
(Coc"kled), a. Wrinkled; puckered.
Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain.
Gay.
Cockler
(Coc"kler) n. One who takes and sells cockles.
Cockleshell
(Coc"kle*shell`) n.
1. One of the shells or valves of a cockle.
2. A light boat.
To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters.
W. Black.
Cockloft
(Cock"loft`) (?; 115) n. [Prop., a loft where cocks roost.] An upper loft; a garret; the highest
room in a building. Dryden. Swift.
Cockmaster
(Cock"mas`ter) n. One who breeds gamecocks. L'Estrange.
