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Crinkled (gcide) | Crinkled \Crin"kled\ (kr?n"k'ld), a.
Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy;
zigzag. "The crinkled lightning." --Lowell.
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Crinkled (gcide) | Crinkle \Crin"kle\ (kr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Crinkled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling (-kl[i^]ng).]
[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.
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The house?s crinkled to and fro. --Chaucer.
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Her face all bowsy,
Comely crinkled,
Wondrously wrinkled. --Skelton.
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The flames through all the casements pushing forth,
Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. --Mrs.
Browning.
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crinkled (wn) | crinkled
adj 1: uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves [syn:
crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike] |
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