English-Thai Dictionary

cockle

N หอย แครง  hoi-krang

 

cocklebur

N วัชพืชช นิดหนึ่ง 

 

cockleshell

N เปลือกหอย แครง  เรือ เล็กๆ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COCKLE

n.A plant or weed that grows among corn, the cornrose, a species of Agrostemma. It is also applied to the Lolium or darnel.

 

COCKLE

n. 1. A small testaceous shell; or rather a genus of shells, the Cardium. The general characteristics are; shells nearly equilateral and equivalvular; hinge with two small teeth, one on each side near the beak, and two larger remote lateral teeth, one on each side; prominent ribs running from the hinge to the edge of the valve.
2. A mineral; a name given by the Cornish miners to shirl or shorl.
3. A young cock.

 

COCKLE

v.i.or t. To contract into wrinkles; to shrink, pucker, or wrinkle, as cloth.

 

COCKLED

pp. 1. Contracted into folds or wrinkles; winding.
2. Having shells.

 

COCKLER

n.One that takes and sells cockles.

 

COCKLE-STAIRS

n.Winding or spiral stairs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COCKLE

Coc "kle, n. Etym: [OE. cockes cockles, AS. s sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by EF. coquille shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. Coach. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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. A cockleshell.

 

3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners. Raymond.

 

4. The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng. ] Knight.

 

5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast. Knight.

 

6. 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.

 

COCKLE

Coc "kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cockled; p. pr. & vb. n. Cockling. ]Etym: [Of uncertian origin. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

COCKLE

Coc "kle, n. Etym: [AS. coccel, cocel; cf. Gael. cogall tares, husks,cockle. ] (Bot. ) (a ) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage ). (b ) The Lotium, or darnel.

 

COCKLEBUR

COCKLEBUR Coc "kle *bur `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.

 

COCKLED

COCKLED Coc "kled, a.

 

Defn: Inclosed in a shell. The tender horns of cockled snails. Shak.

 

COCKLED

COCKLED Coc "kled, a.

 

Defn: Wrinkled; puckered. Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain. Gay.

 

COCKLER

COCKLER Coc "kler, n.

 

Defn: One who takes and sells cockles.

 

COCKLESHELL

COCKLESHELL Coc "kle *shell `, n.

 

1. One of the shells or valves of a cockle.

 

2. A light boat. To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters. W. Black.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cockle

cock le 1 |ˈkäkəl ˈkɑkəl | ▶noun 1 an edible, burrowing bivalve mollusk with a strong ribbed shell. [Genus Cardium, family Cardiidae. ] 2 (also cockleshell ) literary a small shallow boat. PHRASES warm the cockles of one's heart give one a comforting feeling of pleasure or contentment. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French coquille ‘shell, ’ based on Greek konkhulion, from konkhē ‘conch. ’

 

cockle

cock le 2 |ˈkɑkəl ˈkäkəl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of paper ) bulge out in certain places so as to present a wrinkled or creased surface; pucker. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French coquiller ‘blister (bread in cooking ),’ from coquille ‘shell ’ (see cockle 1 ).

 

cocklebur

cock le bur |ˈkäkəlˌbər ˈkɑkəlbər | ▶noun a herbaceous plant of the daisy family, with broad leaves and burred fruits. It originated in tropical America but is now cosmopolitan. See also clotbur. [Genus Xanthium, family Compositae: two or three species, in particular X. strumarium. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from cockle 2 + burr .

 

Oxford Dictionary

cockle

cockle 1 |ˈkɒk (ə )l | ▶noun 1 an edible burrowing bivalve mollusc with a strong ribbed shell. ●Genus Cardium, family Cardiidae. 2 (also cockleshell ) literary a small, shallow boat. PHRASES warm the cockles of one's heart give one a comforting feeling of contentment. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French coquille ‘shell ’, based on Greek konkhulion, from konkhē ‘conch ’.

 

cockle

cockle 2 |ˈkɒk (ə )l | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of paper ) form wrinkles or puckers. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French coquiller ‘blister (bread in cooking )’, from coquille ‘shell ’ (see cockle 1 ).

 

cocklebur

cockle |bur |ˈkɒk (ə )lbəː | ▶noun a herbaceous plant of the daisy family with broad leaves and burred fruits, native to tropical America. ●Genus Xanthium, family Compositae: two or three species. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from cockle 2 + burr .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cockle

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cockleshell

c ó ckle sh è ll 名詞 C 1 トリガイの貝 (殻 ).2 ｟詩 ｠小軽舟 .