Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cockling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cockle \Coc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cockled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Cockling}.] [Of uncertian origin.]
To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds
of cloth after a wetting.
{Cockling sea}, waves dashing against each other with a short
and quick motion. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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