Cockled

cock·le ¹  (kkl)

n.

1. Any of various bivalve mollusks of the family Cardiidae, having rounded or heart-shaped shells with radiating ribs.

2. The shell of a cockle.

3. A wrinkle; a pucker.

4. Nautical A cockleshell.

intr. & tr.v. cock·led, cock·ling, cock·les

To become or cause to become wrinkled or puckered.

Idiom:

cockles of (one's) heart

One's innermost feelings: The valentine warmed the cockles of my heart.

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[Middle English cokel, from Old French coquille, shell, from Vulgar Latin *cochillia, from Latin conchyllium, from Greek konkhulion, diminutive of konkh, mussel.]

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cock·le ²  (kkl)

n.

Any of several weedy plants, especially the corn cockle.

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[Middle English cokkel, from Old English coccel, from Medieval Latin *cocculus, diminutive of Latin coccus, kermes berry, from Greek kokkos.]