cocklestonen.
/ˈkɒklˌstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈkɑkəlˌstoʊn/ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > others
cocklestone1591
Rosy Cross1621
toison d'or1704
greyhound1747
foul anchor1754
red cross1866
Geneva cross1870
Tammany tiger1871
fasces1889
waist-plate1902
blue star1917
gold star1917
red ribbon1990
1591 P. S. tr. C. Paradin Heroicall Deuises 24 Lodouicus the eleuenth King of France, when he was about to institute the order of Saint Michaell..for a Cognizance or Simbole he ensigned them with a golden chaine lineked togither with cockle-stones [Fr. Coquilles].
2. A fossil cockleshell or other shell of similar shape. Now historical.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > cobble
boulder-stonea1300
cogglea1400
cobbled stonec1435
cobble?a1500
cobblestone?a1500
boulder1607
cocklestone1677
cobling-stone1681
roll stone1830
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone as material for paving > a paving stone > cobble
cogglea1400
cobbled stonec1435
cobble?a1500
cobblestone?a1500
cocklestone1677
sea-cobble1810
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 100 The Conchites or Cockle-stones found in this County.
1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World 130 I have myself observed some Cockle-stones to have seemingly different impressions or striæ upon the same superficies.
1812 J. Sowerby Mineral Conchol. Great Brit. I. 175 The type of this Genus [sc. Pecten] has been well known from Luid's time to the present day, and has had many Generic titles, such as Pectinites, Venus, Cockle-stones, &c.
1981 R. Porter in W. Hobbs Earth Generated & Anatomized 141 Joshua Childrey and John Aubrey had visited in 1668 a hill near Shaftesbury which contained plenty of Cocklestones.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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