Cockled

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {Cockling sea}, waves dashing against each other with a short
        and quick motion. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cockled \Coc"kled\, a.
     Inclosed in a shell.
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           The tender horns of cockled snails.      --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cockled \Coc"kled\, a.
     Wrinkled; puckered.
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           Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain. --Gay.
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