Part 2587

<h1>Crinkle</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crin"kle</hw> <tt>(kr?n"k'l)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crinkled</er> <tt>(-k'ld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crinkling</er> <tt>(-kl?ng)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[A dim., fr. the root of <ets>cringe</ets>; akin to D. <ets>krinkelen</ets> to wind or twist. Cf. <er>Cringle</er>, <er>Cringe</er>.]</ety> <def>To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalites or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.</def>

<blockquote>The hous<?/<?/ <b>crinkled</b> to and fro. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Her face all bowsy, Comely <b>crinkled</b>, Wondrously wrinkled. <i>Skelton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils <b>crinkled</b> into snakes. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crinkle</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crin"kle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To turn or wind; ti run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in wavws; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.</def>

<blockquote>The green wheat <b>crinkles</b> like a lake. <i>L. T. Trowbridge.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And all the rooms Were full of <b>crinkling</b> silks. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crinkle</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crin"kle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>crinkles</b> in this glass, making objects appear double. <i>A. Tucker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crinkled</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crin"kled</hw> <tt>(kr?n"k'ld)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag.</def> "The <i>crinkled</i> lightning."

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Crinkly</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crin"kly</hw> <tt>(-kl?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly.</def>

<h1>Crinoid</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Cri"noid</hw> <tt>(kr?"noid)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>See</tt> <er>Crinoidea</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Crinoidal.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> One of the Crinoidea.</def></def2>

<h1>Crinoidal</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Cri*noid"al</hw> <tt>(kr?-noid<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.</def>

<h1>Crinoidea</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Cri*noid"e*a</hw> <tt>(kr?-noid"?-?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ lily + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>crino<?/de</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See <er>Blastoidea</er>, <er>Cystoidea</er>, <er>Comatula</er>.</def>

<h1>Crinoidean</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Cri*noid"e*an</hw> <tt>(-<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>One of the Crinoidea.</def>

<h1>Crinoline</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crin"o*line</hw> <tt>(kr?n"?-l?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>crin</ets> hair,L. <ets>crinis</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of <i>hair</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt.</def>