CRANKLE

Etymology

Noun

crankle (plural crankles)

A bend, twist or crinkle.

Verb

crankle (third-person singular simple present crankles, present participle crankling, simple past and past participle crankled)

To bend, turn, or wind.

To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.

Anagrams

• Lackner, clanker

Source: Wiktionary


Cran"kle (krn"k'l), v. t. Etym: [Cf. Crinkle.]

Definition: To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. J. Philips.

Cran"kle, v. i.

Definition: To bend, turn, or wind. Along the crankling path. Drayton.

Cran"kle, n.

Definition: A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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