单词 | crumpling |
释义 | † crumplingn.1adj. 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 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). < n.1adj.1658n.21854 |
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