Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Cockle
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COCKLE, n. A plant or weed that grows among corn, the cornrose, a species of Agrostemma. It is also applied to the Lolium or darnel.
COCKLE, n.
1. A small testaceous shell or rather a genus of shells, the Cardium. The general characteristics are shells nearly equilateral and equivalvular hinge with two small teeth, one on each side near the beak, and two larger remote lateral teeth, one on each side prominent ribs running from the hinge to the edge of the valve.
2. A mineral a name given by the Cornish miners to shirl or shorl.
3. A young cock.
COCKLE, or t. To contract into wrinkles to shrink, pucker, or wrinkle, as cloth.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Cockle'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/cockle.html.
Entry for 'Cockle'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/cockle.html.
