Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cockle
Cockle
cockle
1. n. 1 a any edible mollusc of the genus Cardium, having a chubby ribbed bivalve shell. b its shell. 2 (in full cockle-shell) a small shallow boat. Phrases and idioms warm the cockles of one's heart make one contented; be satisfying. Etymology: ME f. OF coquille shell ult. f. Gk kogkhulion f. kogkhe CONCH 2. n. 1 any of various plants, esp. the pink-flowered corn-cockle, Agrostemma githago, growing among corn, esp. wheat. 2 a disease of wheat that turns the grains black. Etymology: OE coccul, perh. ult. f. LL COCCUS 3. v. & n. --v. 1 intr. pucker, wrinkle. 2 tr. cause to cockle. --n. a pucker or wrinkle in paper, glass, etc. Etymology: F coquiller blister (bread in cooking) f. coquille: see COCKLE(1)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English coccel Date: before 12th century any of several weedy plants of the pink family, II. noun Etymology: Middle English cokille, from Middle French coquille shell, modification of Latin conchylia, plural of conchylium, from Greek konchylion, from konchē conch Date: 14th century any of various chiefly marine bivalve mollusks (family Cardiidae) having a shell with convex radially ribbed valves, ~shell, III. noun Etymology: Middle English kokell, ultimately from Middle French coquillé wavy or rounded like a shell, from coquille Date: 15th century pucker, wrinkle, ~ verb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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