cockle

Etymology 1
From, , , , of uncertain origin. Perhaps a diminutive of, , from (found in ) ; or perhaps from , from , from , from , diminutive of , of   origin.

Noun

 * 1) Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family, having heart-shaped shells.
 * 2) The shell of such a mollusk.
 * 3)  One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
 * 4)  A wrinkle, pucker
 * 5)  A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
 * 6)  The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
 * 7)  The fire chamber of a furnace.
 * 8)  A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
 * 9)  The dome of a heating furnace.
 * 1)  The dome of a heating furnace.

Derived terms
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 * blood cockle
 * cockleshell
 * corncockle
 * moulding of cockle bread
 * warm the cockles of one's heart|cockle-bread|corn cockle|ear cockle
 * warm the cockles of one's heart|cockle-bread|corn cockle|ear cockle

Translations

 * Bulgarian: сърцевидна мида
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, kokhaan, hartschelp
 * Finnish: sydänsimpukka
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German: Herzmuschel
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: ruacan, gruán, sruán
 * Japanese: ザルガイ
 * Korean: 꼬막
 * Malay:
 * Maori: tuangi
 * Navajo: chʼosh bitsʼaʼí dijoolígíí
 * Norman: chuchette
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hjertemusling, hjerteskjell
 * Ottoman Turkish: طراق
 * Polish: sercówka
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: coilleag, srùban
 * Spanish: berberecho
 * Ukrainian: серцеви́дка


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, hartschelp
 * Finnish: sydänsimpukan kuori
 * Greek:
 * Irish: sliogán ruacain, báisín
 * Maltese: arzella
 * Scottish Gaelic: coilleag, srùban


 * Dutch: zieleroerselen


 * Galician: ,
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

Etymology 2


From, , , from , of unknown origin, perhaps from a diminutive of.

Noun

 * 1) Any of several field weeds, such as the   and.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: къклица
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: kokkelboon, kokhaan, hartschelp
 * French:
 * Irish: cogal
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ドクムギ
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Etymology 3
Origin uncertain.

Verb

 * 1)  To wobble, shake; to be unsteady.

Etymology 4
Rhyming slang, from cock and hen for.

Noun

 * 1)  A £10 note; a tenner.