Wrin"kle (?), n. A winkle.
[Local, U. S.]
Wrin"kle, n. [OE. wrinkil, AS.
wrincle; akin to OD. wrinckel, and prob. to Dan.
rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka, OHG. runza, G.
runzel, L. ruga. &?;&?;&?;&?;.]
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.
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. [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.]
Wrin"kle, v. 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; as, wrinkle the skin or
the brow. "Sport that wrinkled Care derides."
Milton.
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, v. i. To shrink into furrows
and ridges.
Wrin"kle (?), n. A winkle.
[Local, U. S.]
Wrin"kle, n. [OE. wrinkil, AS.
wrincle; akin to OD. wrinckel, and prob. to Dan.
rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka, OHG. runza, G.
runzel, L. ruga. &?;&?;&?;&?;.]
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.
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. [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.]
Wrin"kle, v. 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; as, wrinkle the skin or
the brow. "Sport that wrinkled Care derides."
Milton.
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, v. i. To shrink into furrows
and ridges.