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▪ I. crunkle, v.1 Chiefly north. dial.|ˈkrʌŋk(ə)l|
In 4 crounkil, 6 croncle, -kel.
[A parallel form to crinkle, perh. going back to the ablaut-stem crunc- of crinc-an (see crank n.1), perh. a later analogical formation: cf. crimple, crumple.]
To wrinkle, rumple, crinkle. a. trans. Hence ˈcrunkled ppl. a.
c1400Rowland & O. 1252 Thi vesage es crounkilde & waxen olde. 1546T. Phaer Bk. Childr. (1553) T i b, The musherom..called..Jewes eares for it is..croncled and flat, much like an eare). 1578Lyte Dodoens iv. lviii. 519 Leaves a little crompled or cronkeled about the edges. 1788W. Marshall Yorksh. Gloss., Crunkle, to tumble or rumple, as linen or other cloaths. 1804W. Tarras Poems 46 (Jam.) Wi' crunkl't brow, he aft wad think Upo' his barkin faes. 1876Whitby Gloss., Crunkle or Crinkle, to rumple or crimp.
b. intr.
1826J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. I. 2 A piece of paper torn out of..a volume crunkling on my knee.
▪ II. † crunkle, v.2 Obs.
[A diminutive of crunk v.]
To cry like a crane.
1611Cotgr., Gruïr, to crunkle, or creake, like a Crane. 1617[see crunk].
▪ III. crunkle, v.3|ˈkrʌŋk(ə)l|
[Echoic.]
intr. To make a harsh dry sound, as by grinding the jaws. So ˈcrunkling vbl. n.
1882E. A. Floyer Unexpl. Balūchistan 362 The ‘crunkling’ noise of so many feeding together. 1900Westm. Gaz. 5 Sept. 2/3 The crabs..crunkled loud and long. |