Crossword clues for inkle
inkle
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inkle \In"kle\, n. [Prob.the same word as lingle, the first l
being mistaken for the definite article in French. See
Lingle.]
A kind of tape or braid.
--Shak.
Inkle \In"kle\, v. t. [OE. inklen to hint; cf. Dan. ymte to
whisper.]
To guess. [Prov. Eng.] ``She inkled what it was.''
--R. D.
Blackmore.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context transitive rare English) To hint at; disclose. 2 (context transitive rare English) To have a hint or inkling of; divine. Etymology 2
alt. Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces n. Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces
WordNet
n. a linen tape used for trimming as a decoration
Wikipedia
Inkle may refer to:
- Inkle (character), a character in the comic opera Inkle and Yarico
- Inkle (loom), a type of warp-faced weaving loom
- Inkle (video game company)
Inkle is a game company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom that specialises in interactive narrative. They are notable for games such as 80 Days, which was Time Magazine's Game of the Year in 2014, and Sorcery!, a well-received adaptation of on Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! series.
Inkle has also created inklewriter, an online tool for creating interactive fiction.
Usage examples of "inkle".
But She gave him not the slightest inkling of the difficulties he might face, hinting only that, as with the test of his faithfulness to ahimsa, part of the test would be his ability to discover the true nature of the test and why he was being tested.
Thus, The Shadow received his first inkling of the fact that the others searching for Drock had divided the task.
But, as it had been with electronic circuits for decades after their first practical applications, there was scant theory beneath those diverse feedback inventions, and scarcely an inkling among engineers that one form of feedback had anything to do with another.
I saw that Desarmoises had had an inkling of some plot, but I only laughed.
Yet Cliff, himself, had gained no inkling of what Konk Zitz was planning.
Cardona had suspected that some insidious power might be in back of Koy Shan, but except for the words of the Chinaman who had died upon the lawn, Cardona had gained no inkling to the strange identity of Kwa.
During the brief dialogue, the Signor Grimaldi occasionally looked at the quiet and apparently contrite Maso, and stretched his arm towards the Leman, in a way to give the observers an inkling of his subject.
Marty Lunk, at work in the library, had no inkling of the danger which was coming.
To say sooth, these two may well be adverse to each other, for I would not have thee hear so much of tidings as shall lead thee on, but rather I would have thee return with me, and not throw thy young life away: for indeed I have an inkling of what thou seekest, and meseems that Death and the Devil shall be thy faring-fellows.
God, because she really had no inkling to kiss Lord Pellering as she had kissed Lord Darington.
Doc, you got an inkling of something queer here just by reading the newspapers and looking at that Yale seismograph record.
Paulus Thwait had no inkling of the role he would play as a small but influential mote in the current that makes up the River of Time.
Both Digby and I were preoccupied and did not converse much, yet there was a kind of harmony in our silence, and I had felt the faintest inkling of a distaste for Britten Street and a recognition that honourable behaviour does impress one and convince one of its validity.
Lacking suspicion of Bronden, The Shadow had not gained the inkling that he needed.
Thank God he has no real inkling of just how dangerous this journey could prove to be, but he fears your palfrey might break a leg on some icy patch and throw you.