cranklingn.

/ˈkraŋklɪŋ/

Etymology: < crankle v. + -ing suffix¹.

A twisting or winding in and out.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course > moving in winding course

winding1398

crankling1598

crangling1608

indenturinga1632

meandering1652

sinuation1653

serpentinga1684

zigzaggery1761

twisting1768

zigzagging1827

switchbacking1913

zigging1977

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Catapecchie..cranklings, turnings in and out.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Les replis d'une Riuiere, the manifold cranklings and wriglings made in and out by a Riuer in its course.

1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 137 Saxon crinklings and cranklings are bad enough..the Moorish horse-shoe-like deviations from beautiful curves, little better.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

cranklingadj.

Etymology: formed as crankle v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrankling.

Twisting or winding in and out.

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the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding

winding1555

straying1585

crankling1596

meandrian1608

tortive1609

meandered1612

serpentine1615

snailing1615

meandering1617

meandrous1639

meandric1658

wandering1667

wimpling1721

spiral1796

circumvolutory1834

wormy1869

twistering1872

twistified1872

twistical1890

1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. Q 3 Along this crankling path.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion vii. 105 Meander..Hath not so many turnes, nor crankling nookes as shee.

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked vi. §46 Amnis, or a cranckling brook.

1850 H. Coleridge Poems II. 243 Her crankling bays and sinuous lochs.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Crankling, sinuous; twisting in and out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	crankling
释义	cranklingn. /ˈkraŋklɪŋ/ Etymology: < crankle v. + -ing suffix¹. A twisting or winding in and out. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course > moving in winding course winding1398 crankling1598 crangling1608 indenturinga1632 meandering1652 sinuation1653 serpentinga1684 zigzaggery1761 twisting1768 zigzagging1827 switchbacking1913 zigging1977 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Catapecchie..cranklings, turnings in and out. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Les replis d'une Riuiere, the manifold cranklings and wriglings made in and out by a Riuer in its course. 1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 137 Saxon crinklings and cranklings are bad enough..the Moorish horse-shoe-like deviations from beautiful curves, little better. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). cranklingadj. Etymology: formed as crankle v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrankling. Twisting or winding in and out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding winding1555 straying1585 crankling1596 meandrian1608 tortive1609 meandered1612 serpentine1615 snailing1615 meandering1617 meandrous1639 meandric1658 wandering1667 wimpling1721 spiral1796 circumvolutory1834 wormy1869 twistering1872 twistified1872 twistical1890 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. Q 3 Along this crankling path. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion vii. 105 Meander..Hath not so many turnes, nor crankling nookes as shee. 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked vi. §46 Amnis, or a cranckling brook. 1850 H. Coleridge Poems II. 243 Her crankling bays and sinuous lochs. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Crankling, sinuous; twisting in and out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1598adj.1596
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