cockle

Definitions

1. 1.A cockleshell.
2. 2.The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners. Raymond.
3. 3.The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] Knight.
4. 4.A hop-drying kiln; an oast. Knight.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.(a) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage). (b) The Lotium, or darnel.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is the mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners. Raymond called?
• What is the fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] Knight called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is (a) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage). (b) The Lotium, or darnel called?