cockling
Surface becoming wavy
Cockling is a wrinkling or puckering that occurs in paper, fabric, or other flat materials when they absorb moisture unevenly or dry improperly.
Book conservators watch for cockling in damaged pages.
Painters avoid cockling by properly stretching and priming canvas.
The term also refers to the gathering of cockles—small edible shellfish—from coastal mudflats.
Two-shelled mollusk
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- clamSand-dwelling hinged shellfish
- filter-feederOrganism extracting food from water
- shellHard outer covering
marine · aquatic · invertebrate · oyster · mussel · whelk · periwinkle · razor clam
Dragging tines across ground
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- basketsWoven carrying containers
- tidesPeriodic sea-level changes
- permitOfficial written authorization
season · yield · harvesters · buckets · sieve · handpicking · low tide · quotas
Sandy waterside margin
- tidalOf sea rhythms
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- sandbanksAccumulated sand formations underwater
- foreshoreIntertidal coastal zone
mudflat · inlet · cove · bay · saltwater · brackish · seaside · sand
Looking to find
- wildcraftingGathering uncultivated natural materials
- ediblesItems safe to consume
- foragersThose seeking wild food
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
provisioning · scavenging · beachcombing · hunting · gathering · nature · outdoors · survival
bivalve
Two-shelled mollusk
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- clamSand-dwelling hinged shellfish
- filter-feederOrganism extracting food from water
shell · marine · aquatic · invertebrate · oyster · mussel · whelk · periwinkle · razor clam · seafood
raking
Dragging tines across ground
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- basketsWoven carrying containers
- tidesPeriodic sea-level changes
permit · season · yield · harvesters · buckets · sieve · handpicking · low tide · quotas · regulations
beach
Sandy waterside margin
foreshore · mudflat · inlet · cove · bay · saltwater · brackish · seaside · sand · shoreline
searching
Looking to find
- wildcraftingGathering uncultivated natural materials
- ediblesItems safe to consume
- foragersThose seeking wild food
subsistence · provisioning · scavenging · beachcombing · hunting · gathering · nature · outdoors · survival · traditional knowledge
- book damagewater damage, torn pages, loose pages, cracked spine, broken spine
- printer problemspaper jam, paper jams, low ink, blank pages, streaking
- watercolorwash, washes, wet-on-wet, brushes, palette
cocklinglying flat
Positioned horizontally, not upright
flat · smooth · planar · even · unwrinkled
cocklingstabilizing
Making firm or constant
stability · rigidity · setting · steadiness · firmness