To creep or crawl into; to move slowly and stealthily into something.
From 'en-' (into) + 'craal' (dialectal or archaic form related to 'crawl'). Rare variant showing regional English variations in pronunciation and form.
This obscure word preserves an older pronunciation of 'crawl' and reminds us that English had many more regional variants before standardization—every dialect had its own 'encraal'!
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