crinkle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CRINKLE, verb intransitive To turn or wind; to bend; to wrinkle; to run in and out in little or short bends or turns; as, the lightning crinkles. CRINKLE, verb transitive To form with short turns or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities. CRINKLE, noun A wrinkle; a winding or turn; sinuosity.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign