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Definition of Crankles
1. crankle [v] - See also: crankle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crankles
Literary usage of Crankles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1832)
"crankles.—These consist of elevations and depressions, which produce a mottled
... They differ from crankles chiefly in size. 8. Lastly, the low places of ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... 5 ; from F. sinueux, ' intricate, crooked, full of hollow turnings, windings,
or crinkle-crankles,' Cot. ; from Lat. sinuosas, winding, full of curves. ..."
3. The Works of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb (1852)
"... then far finer than they are now—the accursed Verulam Buildings had not
encroached upon all the east side of them, cutting out delicate green crankles, ..."
4. London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions by Henry Benjamin Wheatley, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"... cutting out delicate crankles and shouldering away one or two of the stately
alcoves of the terrace—the survivor stands gaping and ..."
5. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1832)
"crankles.—These consist of elevations and depressions, which produce a mottled
... They differ from crankles chiefly in size. 8. Lastly, the low places of ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... 5 ; from F. sinueux, ' intricate, crooked, full of hollow turnings, windings,
or crinkle-crankles,' Cot. ; from Lat. sinuosas, winding, full of curves. ..."
7. The Works of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb (1852)
"... then far finer than they are now—the accursed Verulam Buildings had not
encroached upon all the east side of them, cutting out delicate green crankles, ..."
8. London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions by Henry Benjamin Wheatley, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"... cutting out delicate crankles and shouldering away one or two of the stately
alcoves of the terrace—the survivor stands gaping and ..."
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