Cockle
WordNet
noun
(1) Common edible European bivalve mollusk having a rounded shell with radiating ribs
(2) Common edible European bivalve
verb
(3) To gather something into small wrinkles or folds
"She puckered her lips"
(4) Stir up (water) so as to form ripples
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , from *cocchilia, form of , from , diminutive of .
Noun
- Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
- The shell of such cockle.
- (plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
- [directly from French coquille] A wrinkle, pucker
- hence A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
Etymology 2
From , perhaps from a diminutive of