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单词 crumpling
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crumplingn.1adj.

Etymology: Compare German krümmling , dialect krumling , krümpling , crooked stick, crooked man, etc.: see crumb adj., crump adj.1 But in the noun sense A. 2, the word appears to be immediately associated with crumple verb or noun.
Obsolete.
A. n.1
1. A crooked, or deformed person.
ΚΠ
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Crumplin, a diminutive and deformed person.
2. A small dwarfed and shrivelled apple, cucumber, etc.: see quots.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > edible product or fruit > [noun] > small or misshapen
reckling1611
crumpling1658
1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 268 Putting each sort in a basket apart: I speak not here of the smallest and the crumplings.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Dict. in Compl. Gard'ner sig. [a3]/2 Crumpling, or Guerkins are small Cucumbers to pickle, called in French Cornichons.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Crumplings, wrinkled Codlings, usually the least, but sweetest.
1710 Brit. Apollo 3 3/1 Ginger-Bread Babies and Crumplins.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Crumplin, a diminutive and mis-shapen apple.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Crumpling, an apple which does not mature, but which shrivels on the tree.
B. adj.
? Crooked, shrivelled, deformed.
ΚΠ
1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (1752) 154 The locust and gras~hopper are both of them hard cragged crumpling creatures.
a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 595 A little old crumpling fellow who made his fires was the best companion he had.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

crumplingn.2

/ˈkrʌmplɪŋ/
Etymology: -ing suffix1.
The action of crumple v.; a crumpled condition. Also attributive, as crumpling-irons.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > crackling
crackling1567
decrepitating1819
crinkly1826
splintering1828
crumpling1854
crepitant1855
crackly1859
crickling1873
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > curling implement
crisping-iron?a1400
bodkin1580
curling-bodkin1610
curling-iron1632
curling-tongs1763
crisping-tongs1773
pinching iron1789
tongs1843
crumpling-irons1854
roulette1860
curler1887
waver1895
permanent waver1916
wand1962
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiv. 233 In Miss Ethel's black hair there was a slight natural ripple..[which others] endeavoured to imitate by art, paper, and I believe crumpling irons.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 650 The folding or crumpling of the clayey layer subjected to the pressure.
1873 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 4) 300 Crumpling and crackling sounds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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