Cringeling to Critical
Cringeling
(Cringe"ling), n. One who cringes meanly; a fawner.
Cringer
(Crin"ger) n. One who cringes.
Cringingly
(Crin"ging*ly), adv. In a cringing manner.
Cringle
(Crin"gle) n. [Icel. kringla orb; akin to kring around, and to D. kring circle, and to E. cringe,
crank.]
1. A withe for fastening a gate.
2. (Naut.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a
sail; — usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.
Crinicultural
(Crin`i*cul"tur*al) a. [L. crinis hair + cultura.] Relating to the growth of hair. [R.]
Crinigerous
(Cri*nig"er*ous) a. [L. criniger; crinis hair + gerere to bear.] Bearing hair; hairy. [R.]
Crinital
(Cri"ni*tal) a. Same as Crinite,
1.
He the star crinital adoreth.
Stanyhurst.
Crinite
(Cri"nite) a. [L. crinitus, p. p. of crinire to provide or cover with hair, fr. crinis hair.]
1. Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train. "Comate, crinite, caudate stars."
Fairfax.
2. (Bot.) Bearded or tufted with hairs. Gray.
Crinitory
(Cri"ni*to*ry) a. Of or relating to hair; as, a crinitory covering. T. Hook.
Crinkle
(Crin"kle) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crinkled (- k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling (- kling).] [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 houses 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.
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.
Crinkle
(Crin"kle), n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.
The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double.
A. Tucker.
Crinkled
(Crin"kled) a. Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag. "The crinkled lightning."
Lowell.
