Cockled

Cockled
Cockled Coc"kled, a. Wrinkled; puckered. [1913 Webster]

Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain. --Gay. [1913 Webster]


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  • Cockled — Coc kled, a. Inclosed in a shell. [1913 Webster] The tender horns of cockled snails. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cockled — 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. [1913 Webster] {Cockling sea}, waves dashing against each… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cockled — adjective 1. [cockle (II) + ed] : having a shell 2. [from past participle of cockle (IV) ] : wrinkled, puckered, curled …   Useful english dictionary

  • cockle — cockle1 /kok euhl/, n., v., cockled, cockling. n. 1. any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart shaped, radially ribbed valves, esp. C. edule, the common edible species of Europe. 2. any of various allied or similar mollusks …   Universalium

  • cockle — /ˈkɒkəl / (say kokuhl) noun 1. any of the bivalve molluscs with somewhat heart shaped, radially ribbed valves which constitute the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, the common edible species of Europe. 2. any of the similar bivalve molluscs… …  

  • 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. [1913 Webster] {Cockling sea}, waves dashing against each other with …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cockling — 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. [1913 Webster] {Cockling sea}, waves dashing against each… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cockling sea — 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. [1913 Webster] {Cockling sea}, waves dashing against each… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • SR West Country and Battle of Britain Classes — Infobox Locomotive powertype=Steam name = SR Un rebuilt West Country/Battle of Britain Classes Herring, pp. 160 ndash;161] caption = Un rebuilt West Country Class 21C123 Blackmoor Vale , as preserved, in Southern Railway Malachite Green and… …   Wikipedia

  • SR Merchant Navy Class — Infobox Locomotive powertype=Steam name = SR Merchant Navy ClassHarvey] caption = Official Southern Railway photograph of 21C1 Channel Packet as built, 1941. designer = Oliver Bulleid builder = SR Eastleigh Works builddate = 1941 ndash;1949… …   Wikipedia

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