Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Chiócciol-a, s. f. dim. Chiócciol-étta, Chiócciol-ína, Chiócciol-íno, aug. Chiócciol-óne, disp. Chiócciol-áccia,
1. a snail, shell-snail. Far —, to caracole, to move in a caracole; 2. any shell.3. the nut of a screw. Soldato di chiocciole, a raw soldier; 4. — di strettojo, the nut of a press. A —, screwlike.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
chiocciola: a paire os round winding staires. Also a hoddydod, ashel-snaile, a perwinkle. Also a scalop, a welke, a cockle or any round shel-fish. Also those blacke horned snailes that creepe without shelles.