COCKLE

A plant growing among wheat, Job 31:40. The Hebrew word seems to denote some noisome weed which infests cultivated grounds.

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Cockle. Cockle
Occurs only in Job 31:40 (marg., “noisome weeds”), where it is the rendering of a Hebrew word (b’oshah) which means “offensive,” “having a bad smell,” referring to some weed perhaps which has an unpleasant odour. Or it may be regarded as simply any noisome weed, such as the “tares” or darnel of Matt. 13:30. In Isa. 5:2, 4 the plural form is rendered “wild grapes.”

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COCKLE. → A general term for obnoxious plants Job 31:40

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cockle. Cockle, n. a genus of shellfish, the weed cornrofe

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Coc″kle (kŏk″k'l), n. [[OE. cockes cockles, AS. sǣcoccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by F. coquille shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. Coach.]] 1. 1. (Zoöl.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; — sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.
2. 2. A cockleshell.
3. 3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; — so called by the Cornish miners. Raymond.
4. 4. The fire chamber of a furnace. Knight.
5. 5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast. Knight.
6. 6. The dome of a heating furnace. Knight.
Cockle hat, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. Shak. — Cockle stairs, winding or spiral stairs.