wrine

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Etymology[edit]

Alteration (due to wrinkle) of earlier rine (ditch, trench), from Middle English rune, rone, from Old English ryne (a watercourse, flow), from rinnan (to run). More at run, runnel.

Noun[edit]

wrine (plural wrines)

  1. (obsolete) A deep wrinkle.

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