CREELING

Verb

creeling

present participle of creel

Anagrams

• cleering

Source: Wiktionary


CREEL

Creel (krl), n. Etym: [Gael. craidhleag basket, creel.]

1. An osier basket, such as anglers use. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Spinning)

Definition: A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FUDGE

(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”


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