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cockled |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cockled \Coc"kled\, a. Inclosed in a shell. The tender horns of cockled snails. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cockled \Coc"kled\, a. Wrinkled; puckered. Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain. --Gay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {Cockling sea}, waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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