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单词 crinking
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crinkingn.1

Forms: see crink n. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: crink n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < crink n. + -ing suffix1. Compare later crink v.2
Obsolete. rare.
The use of intricate turns or twists of speech, thought, etc., esp. so as to deceive.
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1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxix. 231/2 If wee vse any craftinesse or krinking [Fr. de fraude ou de malice].
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxix. 234/1 He which thinketh to further himselfe by his crinking, pilling and deceyuing [Fr. par finesses, par voleries, par fraudes].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

crinkingn.2

Brit. /ˈkrɪŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkrɪŋkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: crink v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < crink v.1 + -ing suffix1.
Now rare.
The action of crink v.1
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1811 Monthly Mag. Sept. 202 I this day heard..the shrill, continued crinking of the large green locust (gryllus verrucivorus of Linæus).
1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 174 The noisy cicadæ that..make the woods ring with their pertinacious crinking.
1954 H. Arnow Dollmaker vii. 107 She could hear the crinking of the coal stove and the shuffling of the letters as Mrs. Hull laid them by handfuls on the counter.
1977 D. Worster Nature's Econ. i. 14 England was much too busy consolidating and adjusting to the processes of modernization, if adjustment is the right word, to read about the crinking of field crickets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

crinkingadj.

Brit. /ˈkrɪŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkrɪŋkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: crink v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < crink v.1 + -ing suffix2.
rare.
Emitting a thin, sharp sound; (also) designating such a sound.
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1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. I. iv. 105 Those crinking merry-voiced denizens of our summer-fields.
2004 Environment & Energy Daily (Nexis) 24 June The committee turned down the measure by a voice vote, while filling the room with the crinking sound of opening..candy packets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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