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单词 wringle
释义

wringlen.

Etymology: < wringle v.
Scottish.
(See quot. 1808.)
ΚΠ
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Wringle, a writhing motion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

wringlev.

/ˈrɪŋɡ(ə)l/
Etymology: Corresponds in sense 1 to Danish vringle , Swedish and Norwegian vringla , to twist, entwine, and in sense 2 to Flemish wringelen to squirm, writhe. The precise source is not clear. Compare ringle v.3
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To entwine or twist together; to wreathe.
ΘΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil or twist together
entertain1481
wreathe1553
wringle1572
weave1578
entwine1616
intertwine1641
encurl1647
betwine1661
intervolve1667
twine1679
interwind1693
implicate1826
interwreathe1866
thong1888
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 63v This Serpente I haue descried as wringled into a wreathe.
2. intransitive. To move sinuously; to writhe.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > move sinuously
wrinkle1565
wringle1596
erch1601
worm1610
serpent1818
snake1902
1596 [see wringling adj. at Derivatives].
1643 ‘Powers to be resisted’ 12 A poore worme..will wringle away from the foot, and earth it selfe.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ringen, to Ringle, or to Wrestle.
1789 Shepherd's Wedding 12 (E.D.D.) She threw and she drew, she wringl'd and wrang.

Derivatives

ˈwringling adj.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > moving sinuously
writhing?1561
serpent-likea1586
wringling1596
winding1613
writhy1743
sinuous1897
1596 J. Davies Orchestra liii. sig. B3v I loue Mæanders path,..In his indented course and wringling play He seemes to daunce a perfect cunning Hay.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

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also refers to : wringle-comb. form
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n.1808v.1572
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