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Meaning of CRANKLE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Cran"kle\ (kr?n"k'l), v. 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.
    
    
  2. \Cran"kle\, v. i.
    To bend, turn, or wind.
    
          Along the crankling path.                --Drayton.
    
    
  3. \Cran"kle\, n.
    A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.
    
    
 

 

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