2. Noun. (medicine plurae tantum lung sounds) rales ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of crackle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crackles
1. crackle [v] - See also: crackle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crackles
Literary usage of Crackles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1892)
"JAA Chapman on the crackles of the Subgenus Quiscalus.* — This interesting
discussion of a highly perplexing subject — the relationships of our crackles ..."
2. Hard Paste Porcelain by Edwin Atlee Barber (1910)
"GROUP OF WHITE crackles (Central Vase 1o inches in height). ... GROUP OF COLORED
crackles (Central Vase 6^4 inches in height). Vase to Left, Camellia Leaf ..."
3. Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... as its leaf is in landscape, on handling, it feels as if it were fabricated
with metallic rigour. In its autumnal state it almost crackles: . ..."
4. Hospital Days by Jane Stuart Woolsey (1870)
"THE store-room fire crackles and sparkles, catching at the little crisp scrolls
of bark ori the edges of the birch logs and sending light, flashing flames ..."
5. A Cyclopedia of the Literature of Amateur Journalism by Truman Joseph Spencer (1891)
"How the wood crackles and spurts as we bend to light our pipes. But Time has
decreed that the log fire must be quenched, and Fashion demands that the circle ..."
6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1892)
"JAA Chapman on the crackles of the Subgenus Quiscalus.* — This interesting
discussion of a highly perplexing subject — the relationships of our crackles ..."
7. Hard Paste Porcelain by Edwin Atlee Barber (1910)
"GROUP OF WHITE crackles (Central Vase 1o inches in height). ... GROUP OF COLORED
crackles (Central Vase 6^4 inches in height). Vase to Left, Camellia Leaf ..."
8. Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... as its leaf is in landscape, on handling, it feels as if it were fabricated
with metallic rigour. In its autumnal state it almost crackles: . ..."
9. Hospital Days by Jane Stuart Woolsey (1870)
"THE store-room fire crackles and sparkles, catching at the little crisp scrolls
of bark ori the edges of the birch logs and sending light, flashing flames ..."
10. A Cyclopedia of the Literature of Amateur Journalism by Truman Joseph Spencer (1891)
"How the wood crackles and spurts as we bend to light our pipes. But Time has
decreed that the log fire must be quenched, and Fashion demands that the circle ..."