Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.
A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.
The shell of such a mollusk.
The fire chamber of a furnace.
The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
A wrinkle, pucker
The dome of a heating furnace.
One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
A £10 note; a tenner.
A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.