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Definition of Crankling
1. crankle [v] - See also: crankle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crankling
Literary usage of Crankling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cider: A Poem in Two Books by John Philips (1791)
"... 205 Crankling her banks : and now the low'ring fky, Impregnable ] The to/lion
of a 'Will- built city, deem'd Compare Milton, PL ii. 920. ..."
2. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"It is written crankling in some editions, but Todd considers the former the true
reading. See how this river comes me cranking in, And cuts me from the best ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Crankling, p. sinuous; twisting in and out. " Meander, who ia said so intricate
to bo, Hath not so many turns nor crankling nooks as she." DEAYTON, 1'ut. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1854)
"It is written crankling in some editions, but Todd considers the former the true
reading. See how this river comes me cranking in, And cuts mc from the best ..."
5. Cider: A Poem in Two Books by John Philips (1791)
"... 205 Crankling her banks : and now the low'ring fky, Impregnable ] The to/lion
of a 'Will- built city, deem'd Compare Milton, PL ii. 920. ..."
6. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"It is written crankling in some editions, but Todd considers the former the true
reading. See how this river comes me cranking in, And cuts me from the best ..."
7. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Crankling, p. sinuous; twisting in and out. " Meander, who ia said so intricate
to bo, Hath not so many turns nor crankling nooks as she." DEAYTON, 1'ut. ..."
8. The Gentleman's Magazine (1854)
"It is written crankling in some editions, but Todd considers the former the true
reading. See how this river comes me cranking in, And cuts mc from the best ..."
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