cockle vs mother-of-pearl

cockle

noun
  • 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). 

verb
  • To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker. 

mother-of-pearl

noun
  • The hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre. 

  • A butterfly of the genus Salamis. 

adj
  • Made from or looking like mother-of-pearl; iridescent or pearly. 

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