Definition of Crankling

1. Verb. (present participle of crankle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crankling

1. crankle [v] - See also: crankle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crankling

cranked
cranked up
cranker
crankest
crankier
crankiest
crankily
crankiness
crankinesses
cranking
cranking up
crankish
crankle
crankled
crankles
crankling
crankly
crankness
crankous
crankpin
crankpins
cranks
cranks up
crankset
cranksets
crankshaft
crankshafts
cranky
crannied
crannies

Literary usage of Crankling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cider: A Poem in Two Books by John Philips (1791)
"... 205 Crankling her banks : and now the low'ring fky, Impregnable ] The to/lion of a 'Will- built city, deem'd Compare Milton, PL ii. 920. ..."

2. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"It is written crankling in some editions, but Todd considers the former the true reading. See how this river comes me cranking in, And cuts me from the best ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Crankling, p. sinuous; twisting in and out. " Meander, who ia said so intricate to bo, Hath not so many turns nor crankling nooks as she." DEAYTON, 1'ut. ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1854)
"It is written crankling in some editions, but Todd considers the former the true reading. See how this river comes me cranking in, And cuts mc from the best ..."

5. Cider: A Poem in Two Books by John Philips (1791)
"... 205 Crankling her banks : and now the low'ring fky, Impregnable ] The to/lion of a 'Will- built city, deem'd Compare Milton, PL ii. 920. ..."

6. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"It is written crankling in some editions, but Todd considers the former the true reading. See how this river comes me cranking in, And cuts me from the best ..."

7. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Crankling, p. sinuous; twisting in and out. " Meander, who ia said so intricate to bo, Hath not so many turns nor crankling nooks as she." DEAYTON, 1'ut. ..."

8. The Gentleman's Magazine (1854)
"It is written crankling in some editions, but Todd considers the former the true reading. See how this river comes me cranking in, And cuts mc from the best ..."

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