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kinkle, n.1|ˈkɪŋk(ə)l|
[f. kink n.1 Cf. E.Fris. kinkel kink.]
1. A little or slight kink or twist; also transf.
1862Lowell Biglow P. Ser. ii. ii. 7 To shake the kinkles out o' back an' legs. 1881Blackmore Christowell xvi, He stroked the cow; but she..made no other movement than a kinkle in her tail.
2. A herring-bone or zigzag arrangement in which bricks are laid in a kiln, etc., the alternate courses being inclined at an angle of 45° in opposite directions: attrib., as in kinkle form, kinkle shape, kinkle course.
1855Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 161/1 s.v. Kiln, The next is the stretcher and kinkle or skinkle course..in which the stretcher..lies over the solid arch, and the kinkle..over the hollow work. Ibid., Roofing-tiles [are laid] in the kinkle shape. Ibid., The large paving bricks are either laid up in the kinkle form, on their ends, or flat, like common bricks.
3. fig. A ‘wrinkle’, a hint. Cf. kink n.1 2 b.
a1873Lytton Parisians ii. viii, I am not without a kinkle that you will be enthused. |