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Webster 1913 Edition


Crankle

Cran′kle

(kr?n′k’l)
,
Verb.
T.
[Cf.
Crinkle
.]
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

,
Verb.
I.
To bend, turn, or wind.
Along the
crankling
path.
Drayton.

Cran′kle

,
Noun.
A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Crankle

CRANKLE

,
Verb.
T.
To break into bends, turns or angles; to crinkle.
Old Vagas stream--Crankling her banks.

CRANKLE

,
Noun.
A bend or turn; a crinkle.

Definition 2024


crankle

crankle

English

Noun

crankle (plural crankles)

  1. A bend, twist or crinkle.

Derived terms

Verb

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

  1. To bend, turn, or wind.
    • Drayton
      Along the crankling path.
  2. To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.
    • J. Philips
      Old Vaga's stream [] drew her humid train aslope, / Crankling her banks.