Webster's Dictionary 1913

9370

Cringe

Cringe (krĭnj), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cringed (krĭnjd); p. pr. & vb. n.Cringing.] [As. crincgan, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.] To draw one's self together as...

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Cringe (2)

Cringe, v. t. To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.Till like a boy you see him cringe his face,And whine aloud for mercy.Shak.

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Cringe (3)

Cringe, n. Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. “With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious.” Cowper.

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Cringeling

Cringe″ling, n. One who cringes meanly; a fawner.

9374

Cringer

Crin″ger (kr?n″j?r), n. One who cringes.

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Cringingly

Crin″ging‐ly, adv. In a cringing manner.

9376

Cringle

Crin″gle (kr?n″g'l), n. [Icel. kringla orb; akin to kring around, and to D. kring circle, and to E. cringe, crank.] 1. A withe for fastening a gate.2. (Naut.) An iron or pope th...

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Crinicultural

Crin′i‐cul″tur‐al (kr?n′?–k?l″t?r–a>l; 135), a. [L. crinis hair + cultura.] Relating to the growth of hair.

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Crinigerous

Cri‐nig″er‐ous (kr?–n?j″?r–?s), a. [L. criniger; crinis hair + gerere to bear.] Bearing hair; hairy.

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Crinital

Cri″ni‐tal (kr?″n?–tal), a. Same as Crinite, 1.He the star crinital adoreth.Stanyhurst.

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Crinite

Cri″nite (kr?″n?t), a. [L. crinitus, p. p. of crinire to provide or cover with hair, fr. crinis hair.] 1. Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or trai...

9381

Crinitory

Cri″ni‐to‐ry (kr?″n?–t?–r?), a. Of or relating to hair; as, a crinitory covering. T. Hook.

9382

Crinkle

Crin″kle (krĭṉ″k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crinkled (–k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Crinkling (–klĭng).] [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle...

9383

Crinkle (2)

Crin″kle, v. i. To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.The green wheat...

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Crinkle (3)

Crin″kle, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double.A. Tucker.

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Crinkled

Crin″kled (kr?n″k'ld), a. Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag. “The crinkled lightning.” Lowell.

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Crinkly

Crin″kly (–kl?), a. Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly.

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Crinoid

Cri″noid (krī″noid), a. [See Crinoidea.] (Zoöl.) Crinoidal. — n. One of the Crinoidea.

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Crinoidal

Cri‐noid″al (krī̍‐noid″al), a.(Zoöl.) Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.

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Crinoidea

‖Cri‐noid″e‐a (krī̍‐noid″ē̍‐ȧ), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. κρίνον lily + -oid: cf. F. crinoïde.] (Zoöl.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and gener...

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Crinoidean

Cri‐noid″e‐an (–an), n.(Zoöl) One of the Crinoidea.

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Crinoline

Crin″o‐line (kr?n″?–l?n), n. [F., fr. crin hair,L. crinis.] 1. A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; — so called becaus...

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Crinose

Cri‐nose″ (kr?–n?s″), a. [L. crinis hair.] Hairy.

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Crinosity

Cri‐nos″i‐ty (kr?–n?s″?–t?), n. Hairiness.

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Crinum

‖Cri″num (krī″nŭm), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κρίνον lily.] (Bot.) A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidaceæ, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.

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Criosphinx

‖Cri″o‐sphinx′ (krī″ō̍‐sfĭṉks′), n. [Gr. κριόσ ram + σφίγξ sphinx.] A sphinx with the head of a ram.

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Cripple

Crip″ple (krĭp″p'l), n. [OE. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. krüppel, Dan. kröbling, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk, but must creep, fr...