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• crankling — v. curve, kink, bend, turn; break into turns (of a stream); crinkle n. bend, turn; crease, wrinkle …   English contemporary dictionary

• Roughness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Roughness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 roughness roughness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 tooth tooth grain texture ripple Sgm: N 1 asperity asperity rugosity salebrosity| corrugation …   English dictionary for students

• Crankle — Cran kle (kr?n k l), v. t. [Cf. {Crinkle}.] To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. [1913 Webster] Old Veg s stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. J. Philips. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Crankle — Cran kle, v. i. To bend, turn, or wind. [1913 Webster] Along the crankling path. Drayton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• crankle — /krang keuhl/, n., v.t., v.i., crankled, crankling. bend; turn; crinkle. [1585 95; CRANK1 + LE] * * * …   Universalium

• crankle — [kraŋ′kəl] n. crankled, crankling [freq. of CRANK1] vi., vt. Archaic bend, twist, or crinkle …   English World dictionary