Obs. rare. [In OE. sǽ coccas ‘sea-cocks’ (cf. F. coque marine), cocc, perh. ad. L. *cocca by-form of concha; in ME. a. F. coque shell, of same origin: cf. COCKLE sb.2] Cockle, shell-fish.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Colloq., in Wr.-Wülcker, 94. Muscula, muslan, torniculi, pinewinclan, Nepticgalli sæcoccas, platesia, fage.
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. X. 95. [A] ferthyng-worth of muscles … oþer so fele Cockes [so 3 MSS.; v.r. cokkys, cokeles].
1661. R. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 189. Cocks, and Cokles…. Being of so hot a nature, that they fly above the water like an arrow, in the summer nights.
