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n. One who, or that which, besprinkles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crinkled p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling ] [ A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe. ] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl. [ 1913 Webster ]

The house&unr_;s crinkled to and fro. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her face all bowsy,
Comely crinkled,
Wondrously wrinkled. Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flames through all the casements pushing forth,
Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved. [ 1913 Webster ]

The green wheat crinkles like a lake. L. T. Trowbridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

And all the rooms
Were full of crinkling silks. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag. “The crinkled lightning.” Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a North American herb (Dentaria diphylla) with pungent scaly or toothed roots; -- called also toothwort.
Syn. -- pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of drink. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob.the same word as lingle, the first l being mistaken for the definite article in French. See Lingle. ] A kind of tape or braid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. inklen to hint; cf. Dan. ymte to whisper. ] To guess. [ Prov. Eng. ] “She inkled what it was.” R. D. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hint; an intimation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The least inkling or glimpse of this island. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

They had some inkling of secret messages. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as 3d Kink. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A commonly cultivated Old World woody herb (Vinca rosea) having large pinkish to red flowers.
Syn. -- periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From AS. pinewincla a shellfish, in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin to Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Winkle. ] (Zool.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In America the name is often applied to several large univalves, as Fulgur carica, and Fulgur canaliculata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca. ] (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus Vinca. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common perwinkle (Vinca minor) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled myrtle. See under Myrtle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs. [ Written also pilliewinkles. ] [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sprinkled p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinkling ] [ OE. sprenkelen, freq. of sprengen to sprinkle, to scatter, AS. sprengan, properly, to make to spring, causative of springan to spring; akin to D. sprenkelen to sprinkle, G. sprengen. See Spring, v. i., and cf. Sprent. ] 1. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. [ 1913 Webster ]

Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Heb. x. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the priest shall . . . sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. Lev. xiv. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who sprinkles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like separate drops, or as if scattered like drops. Craik. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The wheater. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. (Zool.) The common guillemot. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Freq. of tink. See Tink, Tingle. ] 1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink. [ 1913 Webster ]

As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sprightly horse
Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. Dodsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tinkled p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkling. ] To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tinker. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper. [ Obs. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Twinkled p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling ] [ OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch. ] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. [ 1913 Webster ]

The owl fell a moping and twinkling. L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

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2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate. [ 1913 Webster ]

These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The western sky twinkled with stars. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye,
The damsel broke his misintended dart. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible. 1 Cor. xv. 52. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + wrinkle. ] To reduce from a wrinkled state; to smooth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. wincle. ] (Zool.) (a) Any periwinkle. Holland. (b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (Fulgar canaliculata, and Fulgar carica). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ These are large mollusks which often destroy large numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking their blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell (Murex erinaceus). See Illust. of Murex. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. winkel-haak a carpenter's square. ] A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole. [ Local, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A winkle. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wrinkil, AS. wrincle; akin to OD. wrinckel, and prob. to Dan. rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka, OHG. runza, G. runzel, L. ruga. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth. “The wrinkles in my brows.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. hence, any roughness; unevenness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Perhaps a different word, and a dim. AS. wrenc a twisting, deceit. Cf. Wrench, n. ] A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wrinkled p. pr. & vb. n. Wrinkling ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow. “Sport that wrinkled Care derides.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way. [ 1913 Webster ]

A keen north wind that, blowing dry,
Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then danced we on the wrinkled sand. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

To wrinkle at, to sneer at. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To shrink into furrows and ridges. [ 1913 Webster ]