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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]:
Crinkled \Crin"kled\ (kr?n"k'ld), a.
Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy;
zigzag. ``The crinkled lightning.'' --Lowell.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
crinkled
adj : having wrinkles or waves [syn: {crinkly}, {rippled}, {wavy},
{wavelike}]
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