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▪ I. cuckle dial. var of cockle n.1 ▪ II. cuckle v. obs. variant of cockle v.3
a1652Brome Eng. Moor i. iii. Wks. 1873 II. 16 Ile so restore thee 'gain with Cawdels and Cock-broths, So cuckle the up to-morrow. ▪ III. cuckle, cuckling dial. vars. of cackle, etc.
1715tr. D'Anoi's Wks. 501 Peacocks..their Cuckling might be heard two Leagues off. 1884Cheshire Gloss., s.v., A hen is said to cuckle when she tells us she has laid an egg. |