Bible Dictionaries
Cockle

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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):

(v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.

(3):

(n.) The Lotium, or darnel.

(4):

(n.) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; - so called by the Cornish miners.

(5):

(n.) The fire chamber of a furnace.

(6):

(n.) A cockleshell.

(7):

(n.) The dome of a heating furnace.

(8):

(n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.

(9):

(n.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cockle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cockle.html. 1828.