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(1):
(n.) 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):
(v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.
(3):
(n.) The Lotium, or darnel.
(4):
(n.) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
(5):
(n.) The fire chamber of a furnace.
(6):
(n.) A cockleshell.
(7):
(n.) The dome of a heating furnace.
(8):
(n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
(9):
(n.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).