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crookle
▪ I. † ˈcrookle, v.1 Obs. rare. [dim. of crook v.1: cf. crinkle.] intr. To crook or bend in a curve.1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 138 The hornes must rather crookle inward, then growe straight up.▪ II. † ˈcrookle, v.2 Obs. rare. [dim. of crook v.2] intr. To coo as a pigeon.1580 Baret A...
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cruckle
† ˈcruckle, v. Variant of crookle v.1691 J. Wilson Belphegor ii. iii, Did you never see two Cocks cruckling about one Hen.
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crool
▪ I. crool, v. rare. (kruːl) [app. an onomatopœic formation, associated initially with the imitative group, croo, crood, croodle, crook, crookle, croak, and perhaps with croon, with echoic fashioning of the latter part.] intr. To make an inarticulate sound more liquid and prolonged than a croak.1580...
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crook
▪ I. crook, n. and a. (krʊk) Forms: 3–4 croc, 3–6 croke, 4–5 Sc. and north. cruk, 4–6 crok, kroke, 5–6 cruke, 5–8 crooke, 6–9 Sc. cruik, 4– crook. [ME. crōk, crōc, app. a. ON. krókr (Sw. krok, Da. krog) crook, hook, barb, trident; unknown elsewhere in Teutonic, but app. belonging to the same ablaut ...
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stench
▪ I. stench, n. (stɛnʃ) Forms: α. 1 stenc, stengc, 3–6 stenche, 3, 4, 6– stench. β. 6 staunch, 7–8 stanch. γ. 2–4 stunch(e, 3 Orm. stinnch, 4, 5–7 stinche, 5–8 stinch, 4–6 stynch(e, (6 stintch, styntche). [The α and β forms represent OE. stęnc masc. = OS. stanc (LG., Du. stank; Sw., Da. stank from L...
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