Today's Word "Cockle"

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Vocabulary For You Friday January 1, 2010 Today's Word "Cockle" Happy New Year! Test your word knowledge with free interactive games: Crossword....Vocabulary Hangman....and other Word Games! Today's Word "Cockle" cockle \KAHK-ehl\ (noun) - 1 : A ribbed bivalve of the genus Cardium with traits of the clam and the scallop. 2 : A wild plant (Lychnis Githago) with a reddish or purplish flower common in cornfields. 3 : A pucker or imperfection in material (used as a verb, today's word means "to wrinkle or pucker," as a solution that cockles a piece of cloth). "The lovely Janie Myerson cockled the brows of many at the reception with her cockled silk sheath cut low in the back." This word comes from from Old French coquille "scallop, shell" from Latin conchylium "shellfish," itself borrowed from Greek "konkhylion," the diminutive of konkhe "cockle, mussel." The Latin equivalent of "konkhe" was concha "mussel, shellfish." Comment on this Story | Printer Friendly | | Send Story to a Friend | Top Happy New Year! ArcaMax wishes you and yours and safe and happy new year. Look forward to new features and even more great content in 2010! To start the new year off right, visit the Health & Fitness feature for help with eating right, a simple exercise regimen, and more. -- From the ArcaMax editors Recent Stories    Today's Word "Scenester"    Today's Word " Faldage"    Today's Word "Fillip"    Today's Word "Murrain"    Today's Word "Tiffany"   More From ArcaMax Publishing Newsletters: Comics - Knowledge - Lifestyles - News - More Classic Books: Fiction - Non Fiction - Short Stories - Sci Fi - More More: Quizzes - Sudoku - Crossword - Weather - Sports - Columns En Español: Ultimas Noticias - Tiras Comicas - Deportes - Sudoku Ad Free Newsletter ArcaMax publications are now available in an "advertising-free" format. Please click here for details.	Quick Clicks Design Your Own Free Tee Shirt Claim your FREE gift – a 2010 beautifully crafted desk calendar Why pay over $90 a month for Cable or Sat.TV services? Download A TV!
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