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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
The house?s 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crinkle \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crinkle \Crin"kle\, n.
A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.
The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear
double. --A. Tucker.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
crinkle
n : a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "His
face has many wrinkles" [syn: {wrinkle}, {furrow}, {crease},
{seam}, {line}]
v 1: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress
got wrinkled" [syn: {wrinkle}, {ruckle}, {crease}, {scrunch},
{scrunch up}, {crisp}]
2: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't
wrinkle" [syn: {rumple}, {crumple}, {wrinkle}, {crease}]
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