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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Crinkle

Crin′kle (krĭn̲′k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crinkled (- k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling (- klĭng).] [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

The houseis crinkled to and fro. Chaucer.

Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. Skelton.

The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning.

Crin′kle, v. i. To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

The green wheat crinkles like a lake. L. T. Trowbridge.

And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. Mrs. Browning.

Crin′kle, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.

The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty. Of the others, 1,362 (a word or a single letter each) were inferred by AI from the context by the dictionary’s own rules and are marked with a wavy underline (tap or point at one to see the note); the rest, which could not be inferred with confidence, are left as “?”.