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Webster 1913 Edition
Wrinkle
Wrin′kle
,Noun.
A winkle.
[Local, U. S.]
Wrin′kle
,Noun.
[OE.
wrinkil
, AS. wrincle
; akin to OD. wrinckel
, and prob. to Dan. rynke
, Sw. rynka
, Icel. hrukka
, OHG. runza
, G. runzel
, L. ruga
. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK].] 1.
A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold;
“The wrinkles in my brows.” as,
wrinkle
in the skin; a wrinkle
in cloth. Shak.
Within I do not find
wrinkles
and used heart, but unspent youth. Emerson.
2.
hence, any roughness; unevenness.
Not the least
wrinkle
to deform the sky. Dryden.
3.
A notion or fancy; a whim;
as, to have a new
. wrinkle
[Colloq.]
Wrin′kle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wrinkled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wrinkling
.] 1.
To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate;
“Sport that wrinkled Care derides.” as,
. wrinkle
the skin or the browMilton.
Her
wrinkled
form in black and white arrayed. Pope.
2.
Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.
A keen north wind that, blowing dry,
Wrinkled
the face of deluge, as decayed. Milton.
Then danced we on the
wrinkled
sand. Bryant.
To wrinkle at
, to sneer at.
[Obs.]
Marston.
Wrin′kle
,Verb.
I.
To shrink into furrows and ridges.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wrinkle
WRINKLE
,Noun.
1.
A small ridge or prominence, or a furrow, formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; corrugation; a crease; as wrinkles in the face or skin.2.
A fold or rumple in cloth.3.
Roughness; unevenness.Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky.
WRINKLE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To contract into furrows and prominences; to corrugate; as, to wrinkle the skin; to wrinkle the brow.Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayd.
2.
To make rough or uneven.A keen north wind, blowing dry, wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayd.
WRINKLE
,Verb.
I.