n. Darnel, Lolium temulentum; rye-grass, L. perenne; tare; a weed generally.n. The corn-rose or corn-cockle, Lychnis (Agrostemma) Githago.n. A mollusk of the family Cardiidæ and genus Cardium; especially, the common edible species of Europe, Cardium edule; the shell of such mollusks.n. An equivalve bivalve, resembling or related to mollusks of the genus Cardium.n. A univalve mollusk of the family Muricidæ; the murex or purple-fish.n. A ringlet or crimp.n. [See cockle, verb] The instrument used in cockling the cogs of a mill.n. Same as cockle, 2 .n. To be hanged: from the noise made while strangling.To pucker or contract into wrinkles, as cloth or glass.To rise into frequent ridges, as the waves of a chopping sea.To make a slight score on the cogs or teeth of a mill, as a guide for cutting off their ends, so that the whole may be given a truly circular form.To cause to pucker in wrinkles: as, rain will cockle silk.n. The body or fire-chamber of an air-stove, usually made of fire-brick.n. A kind of kiln or stove for drying hops.n. In porcelain manufacturing, a large stove used for drying biscuit-ware which has been dipped in glaze, preparatory to burning.n. A young cock; a cockerel.To cry like a cock.n. An Australian bivalve mollusk, Cardium tenuicostatum; also, a member of the genus Chione.n. A small crisp confection of sugar stiffened with flour, variously flavored, and of a pink, light-yellow, or white color. Mottoes were printed on them in red letters.n. A pucker or wrinkle; an unevenness, as in cloth or glass.n. A disease of wheat caused by a nematoid worm, Telenchus tritici, which infests the grain and causes it to become deformed.