单词 | crinch |
释义 | crinchv. Scottish and English regional (East Anglian). Now rare. transitive and intransitive = crunch v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > gnash or grind the teeth gristbitec900 grindc1000 gnasta1300 grinta1300 gnacche13.. beatc1360 grunta1400 gristc1460 gnash1496 grash1563 infrendiate1623 crinch1808 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > crunch crunch1801 crinch1808 scrunch1844 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > munch or crunch gruse?c1225 maungec1400 muncha1425 champ1530 crash1530 cham1531 chank1567 scranch1620 grouze1628 craunch1632 crump1647 denticate1799 crinch1808 crunch1814 scrunch1825 chomp1848 chump1854 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) Crinch, 1. To grind with the teeth. 2. To crinch the teeth, to rub them one against another, to gnash. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) Crinch, to crush with the teeth some harsh and brittle substance, as unripe fruit. 1857 E. Mackenzie Highland Lassies II. xviii. 337 I could hear the gravel crinch beneath his feet. 1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick xvi. 191 Ye could see he was in a Hielant passion, crinchin his teeth an' mutterin to himsel. 1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 35 Crinch, a variant of crunch. 1941 D. Rorie in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) Often said of a child with worms: ‘He crinches his teeth in his sleep’. 1981 K. Khasu in L. Nichols Conversat. Afr. Writers 98 The poor stranger crinched his teeth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1808 |
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