v. Obs. [Allied to crull, CURL: cf. Swiss krallen to curl oneself up, become twisted; in Grimm.] trans. To bend, curve, twist, curl.
c. 1420. Liber Cocorum (1862), 35. Þenne under þo wynge þo skyn þou cralle. Ibid. Summe cralled, sum streȝt.
a. 1500[?]. Plowmannes Tale, Chaucer’s Wks. (1561), 134 (Mätz.). A courser … With curious harneis quaintly crallit.
