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cockle

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Noun

  1. Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
  2. The shell of such a mollusk.
  3. A wrinkle, pucker
  4. A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
  5. Chiefly in cockles of someone's heart: a person's innermost feelings.
  6. The dome of a heating furnace.
  7. The fire chamber of a furnace.
  8. A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
  9. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
  10. Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
  11. A £10 note; a tenner.

Verb

  1. To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.
  2. To wobble, shake; to be unsteady.

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