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| | Cringle | n. [ Icel. kringla orb; akin to kring around, and to D. kring circle, and to E. cringe, crank. ] 1. A withe for fastening a gate. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Naut.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cringe | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cringed p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing. ] [ As. crincgan, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank. ] To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence, to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn. [ 1913 Webster ] When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ] Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou
Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored
Heaven's awful monarch? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cringe | v. t. To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Till like a boy you see him cringe his face,
And whine aloud for mercy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cringe | n. Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. “With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cringeling | n. One who cringes meanly; a fawner. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cringer | n. One who cringes. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | cringe | (ครินจฺ) { cringed, cringing, cringes } vi. งอ, โค้ง, ยืนงอตัว, ก้มศรีษะหรือไขว้มือ (ในท่าประจบประแจง หรือมีความกลัว) n. การนอบน้อม, การงอตัว, ก้มศีรษะหรือไขว้มือ (ในท่าประจบหรือด้วยความกลัว), See also: cringingly adv., Syn. flinch |
| | cringe | (vi) ประจบประแจง, ก้มหัว, งอตัว, โค้ง, ขด |
| | | | | | Cringe | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cringed p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing. ] [ As. crincgan, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank. ] To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence, to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn. [ 1913 Webster ] When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ] Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou
Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored
Heaven's awful monarch? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cringe | v. t. To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Till like a boy you see him cringe his face,
And whine aloud for mercy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cringe | n. Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. “With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cringeling | n. One who cringes meanly; a fawner. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cringer | n. One who cringes. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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