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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Creinge, n. [f. Crenge v.] A shrug (of the shoulders). —a1651 Calderwood VII. 538.
The toun-clerk, hearing the bishop's blasphemous railings, testified his miscontentment by a creinge of his shoulders
