Cri"ni*to*ry (kr?"n?-t?-r?), a. Of or relating to hair; as, a crinitory covering. T. Hook.
Crin"kle (kr&ibreve;&nsm;"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crinkled (- k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling (- kl&ibreve;ng).] [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.
The house&?;s crinkled to and fro.
Chaucer.
Her face all bowsy,
Comely crinkled,
Wondrously wrinkled.
Skelton.
The flames through all the casements pushing forth,
Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes.
Mrs. Browning.
Crin"kle, 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.
The green wheat crinkles like a lake.
L. T. Trowbridge.
And all the rooms
Were full of crinkling silks.
Mrs. Browning.
Crin"kle, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.
The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double.
A. Tucker.
Crin"kled (kr?n"k'ld), a. Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag. "The crinkled lightning." Lowell.
Crin"kly (-kl?), a. Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly.
Cri"noid (krī"noid), a. [See Crinoidea.] (Zo÷l.) Crinoidal. -- n. One of the Crinoidea.
Cri*noid"al (kr&isl;*noid"al), a. (Zo÷l.) Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.
||Cri*noid"e*a (kr>isl/*noid"&esl;*&adot;), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. kri`non lily + -oid: cf. F. crino´de.] (Zo÷l.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.
Cri*noid"e*an (-an), n. (Zo÷l) One of the Crinoidea.
Crin"o*line (kr?n"?-l?n), n. [F., fr. crin hair,L. crinis.] 1. A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.