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▪ I. wrinkling, vbl. n.|ˈrɪŋklɪŋ|
[f. the stem of OE. ᵹewrinclod (see wrinkled a.) + -ing1.]
†1. A twisting or coiling; a sinuosity. Obs.
1387Trevisa Higden I. 9 As laborintus..haþ many..wyndynges and wrynkelynges, þat wil nouȝt be vnwarled. 1535Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxxiii, A good smellynge smoke,..full meuable, and tornynge, and crokyd with many bendynges and wrynklynges.
2. The action of creasing, puckering, or contracting into wrinkles; the fact of becoming corrugated or rivelled.
1528Paynell Salerne's Regim. C iij, Retraction and wrynkelynge together of the veynes. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 346 A certaine contraction and wrinckling..of the orifice. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 173 The Curtizans make all the forepart of their gownes in like manner open, to avoid wrinckling. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2) 111/2 The wrinkling of the lower part of the Vagina. 1698Phil. Trans. XX. 174 If the Fly had been Dead for some while..I could have observed none of this Wrinkling. 1859Habits of Gd. Society iii. 149 A peculiar wrinkling [of the trousers] from the foot to the knee. 1885Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) II. 268 [The] degree of wrinkling of the back of the mesothorax. 1888Cornh. Mag. Jan. 40 Wrinklings of the crust..gave rise at first to baby mountain ranges.
transf.1875Browning Aristoph. Apol. 120 The olive-leaves curl, violets crisp and close Like a nymph's wrinkling at the bath's first splash.
attrib.1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2822 Wrinkling-machine,..one to wrinkle transversely the upper leathers of boots and shoes.
3. concr. A series or collection of wrinkles; a puckered surface, formation, etc.
1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. v. lxiii. (W. de W.) l viij, Y⊇ fatnes..stretchyth oute the wrynkelynge of the skynne. 1579Langham Gard. Health 379 The shriueled wrincklings yt appeare on womens bellies after their deliuerance. 1628W. Folkingham Panala Med. 66 It clenses the Ventricle from..Crudities sticking to its rugosities and wrinklings. 1857P. P. Carpenter Cat. Mazatlan Shells 225 The first whirl..is characterized by extremely minute wrinkling over the whole surface, only discernible..when quite fresh. 1905H. G. Wells Kipps iii. iii. §6 Such wrinkling of brow and mouth as only an experienced actor can produce.
b. spec. (See quot.)
1894Amer. Dict. Printing 588/1 Wrinkling, an uneven surface in a book, caused by not being properly backed or pressed, or occasioned by dampness.
▪ II. ˈwrinkling, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. Causing or forming creases or wrinkles.
1601? Marston Pasquil & Kath. ii. 69 The wrinkling print of Time err'd when it seal'd my forehead vp with age. 1756Mason Odes 16 To thee, whose..polish'd brow The wrinkling hand of Sorrow spares. 1820Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. i. 62 Ye icy Springs, stagnant with wrinkling frost. 1834Ainsworth Rookwood i. i, A wrinkling smile crossed the sexton's brow. 1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi Wind. ii. 49 We..took thy wrinkling cares For ruffling hopes, and called thee weak.
2. Undergoing marking with, characterized by, wrinkles or creases.
1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. i. 113 Glad Echo..Her wrinkling founts with soft vibration shakes. 1820Keats Hyperion i. 100 This wrinkling brow, Naked and bare of its great diadem. 1839Bailey Festus 27 The wrinkling stalk of Time. 1881Cable Mme. Delphine iv. 13 Furniture..carved just enough to give the notion of wrinkling pleasantry.
†3. Wriggling, writhing. Obs. rare—1.
1653Lauson Dennys' Secr. Angling 21 There be divers wayes to catch the wrinkling Eele. |