Defn: The crawfish. [Prov. Eng.]
CREWCrew (kr), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Manx shearwater.
CREWCrew (kr), n. Etym: [From older accrue accession, reAccrue,Crescent.]
1. A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng. There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on every side. Spenser. Faithful to whom to thy rebellious crew Milton.
2. The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.
Note: The word crew, in law, is ordinarily used as equivalent to ship's company, including master and other officers. When the master and other officers are excluded, the context always shows it. Story. Burrill.
3. In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.
Syn.— Company; band; gang; horde; mob; herd; throng; party.
CREWCrew (kr),
Defn: imp. of Crow.
CREWEL Crew"el (kr"l), n. Etym: [Perh. for clewel, dim. of clew a ball of thread; or cf. D. krul curl, E. curl. sq. root26.]
Defn: Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
CREWELWORKCrew"el*work` (-wrk`), n.
Defn: Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.
CREWETCrew"et (kr"t), n.
Defn: See Cruet.
CRIB Crib (krb), n. Etym: [AS. crybb; akin to OS. kribbja, D. krib, kribbe, Dan. krybbe, G. krippe, and perh. to MHG. krebe basket, G, korb, and E. rip a sort of wicker basket.]
1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals. The steer lion at one crib shall meet. Pope.
2. A stall for oxen or other cattle. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. Prov. xiv. 4.
3. A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
4. A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.
5. A hovel; a hut; a cottage. Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, . . . Than in the perfumed chambers of the great Shak.
6. (Mining)
Defn: A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
7. A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; — used for docks, pier, dams, etc.
8. A small raft of timber. [Canada]
9. A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris [Colloq.]The Latin version technically called a crib. Ld. Lytton.Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib. WilkieCollins.
10. A miner's luncheon. [Cant] Raymond.
11. (Card Playing)
Defn: The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
CRIBCrib, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cribbed (krbd); p.pr. & vb. n. Cribbing.]
1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped. I. Taylor. Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined. Shak.
2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.] Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. Dickens.
CRIBCrib, v. i.
1. To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations. [R.] Who sought to make . . . bishops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle bed. Gauden.
2. To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination. [College Cant]
3. To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; — said of a horse.
CRIBBAGECrib"bage (krb"j), n. Etym: [From Crib, v. t., 2.]
Defn: A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances. A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. John Hall. Cribbage board, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game.
CRIBBER; CRIB-BITERCrib"ber (krb"r), Crib"-bit`er (-bt"r), n.
Defn: A horse that has the habit of cribbing.
CRIBBINGCrib"bing (krb"bng), n.
1. The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.
2. Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing. [Colloq.]
3. (Mining)
Defn: A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.
4. A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound.
CRIB-BITINGCrib"-bit`ing (krb"bt`ng), n.
Defn: Same as Cribbing, 4.
CRIBBLE Crib"ble (krb"b'l), n. Etym: [F. crible, LL. criblus sieve, fr. L. cribrum.]
1. A coarse sieve or screen.
2. Coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Johnson.
CRIBBLECrib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cribbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Cribbling (-blng).] Etym: [Cf. F. cribler.]
Defn: To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
CRIBBLECrib"ble, a.
Defn: Coarse; as, cribble bread. [Obs.] Huloet.
CRIBELLUM Cri*bel"lum (krbl"lm), n. Etym: [L., a small sieve, dim. of cribrum sieve.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonidæ), used for spinning a special kind of silk.
CRIBRATE Crib"rate (krb"rt), a. Etym: [L. cribratus, p.p. of cribrare to sift, fr. cribrum a sieve.]
Defn: Cribriform.
CRIBRATION Cri*bra"tion (kr-br"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. cribration, fr. L. cribrare to sift. See Cribble, n.] (Pharmacy)
Defn: The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.
CRIBRIFORM Crib"ri*form (krb"rfrm), a. Etym: [L. cribrum sieve + -form: cf. F. cribriforme.]
Defn: Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with hokes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress. Cribriform cells (Bot.), those which have here and there oblique or transverse sieve plates, or places perforated with many holes.
CRIBROSECrib"rose (krb"rs), a. Etym: [L. cribrum sieve.]
Defn: Perforated like a sieve; cribriform.
CRICCric (krk), n. Etym: [prob. fr. F. cric a jackscrew.]
Defn: The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp.Knight.
CRICKCrick (krk), n. Etym: [See Creak.]
Defn: The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.]Johnson.
CRICKCrick, n. Etym: [The same as creek a bending, twisting. See Creek,Crook.]
1. A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part. To those also that, with a crick or cramp, have thei necks drawn backward. Holland.
2. Etym: [Cf. F. cric.]
Defn: A small jackscrew. Knight.
CRICKETCrick"et (krk"t), n. Etym: [OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob.of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. SeeCreak.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
Note: The common European cricket is Gryllus domesticus; the common large black crickets of America are G. niger, G. neglectus, and others. Balm cricket. See under Balm. — Cricket bird, a small European bird (Silvia locustella); — called also grasshopper warbler. — Cricket frog, a small American tree frog (Acris gryllus); — so called from its chirping.
CRICKET Crick"et, n. Etym: [AS. cricc, crycc, crooked staff, crutch. Perh. first used in sense 1, a stool prob. having been first used as a wicket. See Crutch.]
1. A low stool.
2. A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.
CRICKETCrick"et, v. i.
Defn: To play at cricket. Tennyson.
CRICKETERCrick"et*er (krk"t-r), n.
Defn: One who plays at cricket.
CRICOIDCri"coid (kr"koid), a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Anat.)
Defn: Resembling a ring; — said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.
CRICOTHYROIDCri`co*thy"roid (-k-th"roid), a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages.
CRIEDCried (krd),
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Cry.
CRIERCri"er (kr"r), n. Etym: [Cf. F. crieur. See Cry.]
Defn: One who cries; one who makes proclamation. Specifically, an officer who proclams the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier. He openeth his mouth like a crier. Ecclus. xx. 15.
CRIME Crime (krm), n.Etym: [F. crime, fr. L. crimen judicial decision, that which is subjected to such a decision, charge, fault, crime, fr. the root of cernere to decide judicially. See Certain.]
1. Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.
2. Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong. "To part error from crime." Tennyson.
Note: Crimes, in the English common law, are grave offenses which were originally capitally punished (murder, rape, robbery, arson, burglary, and larceny), as distinguished from misdemeanors, which are offenses of a lighter grade. See Misdemeanors.
3. Any great wickedness or sin; iniguity. Nocrime was thine, if 'tis no crime to love. Pope.
4. That which occasion crime. [Obs.] The tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall. Spenser. Capital crime, a crime punishable with death.
Syn. — Sin; vice; iniquity; wrong. — Crime, Sin,Vice. Sin is the generic term, embracing wickedness of every kind, but specifically denoting an offense as committed against God. Crime is strictly a violation of law either human or divine; but in present usage the term is commonly applied to actions contrary to the laws of the State. Vice is more distinctively that which springs from the inordinate indulgence of the natural appetites, which are in themselves innocent. Thus intemperance, unchastity, duplicity, etc., are vices; while murder, forgery, etc., which spring from the indulgence of selfish passions, are crimes.
CRIMEFULCrime"ful (krm"fl), a.
Defn: Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury. [Obs.] Shak.
CRIMELESSCrime"less, a.
Defn: Free from crime; innocent. Shak.
CRIMINAL Crim"i*nal (krm"-nal), a. Etym: [L. criminalis, fr. crimen: cf. F. criminel. See Crime.]
1. Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. Rogers.
2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; — said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves. Addison.
3. Relating to crime; — opposed to civil; as, the criminal code. The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process. Hallam. Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime. — Criminal conversation (Law), unlawful intercourse with a married woman; adultery; — usually abbreviated, crim. con. — Criminal law, the law which relates to crimes.
CRIMINALCrim"i*nal, n.
Defn: One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.
CRIMINALISTCrim"i*nal*ist, n.
Defn: One versed in criminal law. [R.]
CRIMINALITY Crim`i*nal"i*ty (krm`-nl"-t), n. Etym: [LL. criminalitas, fr. L. criminalis. See Criminal.]
Defn: The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt. This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. Blackstone.
CRIMINALLYCrim"i*nal*ly (krm"-nal-l), adv.
Defn: In violation of law; wickedly.
CRIMINALNESSCrim"i*nal*ness, n.
Defn: Criminality. [R.]
CRIMINATECrim"i*nate (kr, v. t. [imp & p. p. Criminated (-n; p. pr. & vb. n.Criminating (-n.] Etym: [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare,criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See Crime.]
1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime. To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. Burke.
2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable toa criminal charge.Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him.Macaulay.
CRIMINATIONCrim`i*na"tion (krm`-n"shn), n. Etym: [L. criminatio.]
Defn: The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties. Macaulay.
CRIMINATIVECrim"i*na*tive (krm"-n-tv), a.
Defn: Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. R. North.
CRIMINATORYCrim"i*na*to*ry (-t-r), a.
Defn: Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience.
CRIMINOLOGY Crim`i*nol"o*gy (-nl"-j), n. Etym: [L. crimen, crimenis, crime + - logy.]
Defn: A treatise on crime or the criminal population.— Crim`i*nol"o*gist (-j, n.
CRIMINOUSCrim"i*nous (krm"-ns), a. Etym: [L. criminosus, fr. crimen. SeeCrime.]
Defn: Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked;heinous. [Obs.] Holland.— Crim"i*nous*ly, adv..— Crim"i*nous*ness,n. [Obs.]
CRIMOSINCrim"o*sin (krm"-zn), n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Crimson.
CRIMPCrimp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimped (krmt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n.Crimping.] Etym: [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa,Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See Cramp.]
1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy apperance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. W. Irving.
2. To pinch and hold; to seize.
3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. Carlyle.
4. (Cookery)
Defn: To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc. Crimping house, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. — Crimping iron. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. — Crimping machine, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. — Crimping pin, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap.
CRIMPCrimp, a.
1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.] Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. J. Philips.
2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.] The evidance is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. Arbuthnot.
CRIMPCrimp, n.
1. A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] De Foe.
2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. Marryat.
3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
4. Hair which has been crimped; — usually in pl.
5. A game at cards. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Boot crimp. See under Boot.
CRIMPAGECrimp"age (-j), n.
Defn: The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
CRIMPERCrimp"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who, or that which, crimps; as: (a) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape. (b) A device for giving hair a wavy apperance. (c) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
CRIMPLE Crim"ple (krm"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimpled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimpling (-plng).] Etym: [Dim. of crimp, v. t. ]
Defn: To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. [R.]Wiseman.
CRIMPYCrimp"y (krmp"), a.
Defn: Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.
CRIMSON Crim"son (krm"z'n), n. Etym: [OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k produced by a worm; k worm or insect + jan to generate; akin to E. kin. CF. Carmine, Kermes.]
Defn: A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.Theugh jour be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; thoughthey be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Is. i. 18.A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak.
CRIMSONCrim"son, a.
Defn: Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "A crimsontide." Mrs. Hemans.The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. Prior.
CRIMSONCrim"son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimsoned (-z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Crimsoning.]
Defn: To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. Shak.
CRIMSONCrim"son, b. t.
Defn: To become crimson; to blush. Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. De Quincey.
CRINALCri"nal (kr"nal), a. Etym: [L. crinalis, fr. crinis the hair.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the hair. [R.] Blount.
CRINATEDCri"na*ted (kr"n-td), a.
Defn: Having hair; hairy.
CRINATORYCri"na*to*ry (kr"n-t-r), a.
Defn: Crinitory. Craig.
CRINCUMCrin"cum (krn"km), n. Etym: [Cf. Crinkle.]
Defn: A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey. [Colloq.] Hudibras.
CRINCUM-CRANCUMCrin"cum-cran"cum (krn"km-krn"km), n.
Defn: A twist; a whimsey or whim. [Colloq.]
CRINEDCrined (krnd), a. Etym: [L. crinis hair.] (Her.)
Defn: Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body; as, a charge crined of a red tincture.
CRINEL; CRINETCri"nel (kr"nEl), Cri"net (kr"nt), n. Etym: [L. crinis hair.]
Defn: A very fine, hairlike feather. Booth.
CRINGECringe (krnj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crnged (krnjd); p. pr. & vb. n.Cringing.] Etym: [As. crincgang, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall;akin to E. crank.]
Defn: To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn. When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions. Bunyan. Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored Heaven's awful monarch Milton. Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing. Arbuthnot.
CRINGECringe, v. t.
Defn: To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle;to distort. [Obs.]Till like a boy you see him cringe his face, And whine aloud formercy. Shak.
CRINGECringe, n.
Defn: Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. "With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious." Cowper.
CRINGELINGCringe"ling, n.
Defn: One who cringes meanly; a fawner.
CRINGERCrin"ger (krn"jr), n.
Defn: One who cringes.
CRINGINGLYCrin"ging*ly, adv.
Defn: In a cringing manner.
CRINGLE Crin"gle (krn"g'l), n. Etym: [Icel. kringla orb; akin to kring around, and to D. kring circle, and to E. cringe, crank.]
1. A withe for fastening a gate.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; — usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.
CRINICULTURAL Crin`i*cul"tur*al (krn`-kl"tr-al; 135), a. Etym: [L. crinis hair + cultura.]
Defn: Relating to the growth of hair. [R.]
CRINIGEROUS Cri*nig"er*ous (kr-nj"r-s), a. Etym: [L. criniger; crinis hair + gerere to bear.]
Defn: Bearing hair; hairy. [R.]
CRINITALCri"ni*tal (kr"n-tal), a.
Defn: Same as Crinite,
1. He the star crinital adoreth. Stanyhurst.
CRINITE Cri"nite (kr"nt), a. Etym: [L. crinitus, p. p. of crinire to provide or cover with hair, fr. crinis hair.]
1. Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train. "Comate, crinite, caudate stars."
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Bearded or tufted with hairs. Gray.
CRINITORYCri"ni*to*ry (kr"n-t-r), a.
Defn: Of or relating to hair; as, a crinitory covering. T. Hook.
CRINKLE Crin"kle (krn"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crinkled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling (-klng).] Etym: [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.]
Defn: To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalites or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl. The houscrinkled to and fro. Chaucer. Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. Skelton. The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning.
CRINKLECrin"kle, v. i.
Defn: To turn or wind; ti run in and out in many short bends orturns; to curl; to run in wavws; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, asstiff cloth when moved.The green wheat crinkles like a lake. L. T. Trowbridge.And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. Mrs. Browning.
CRINKLECrin"kle, n.
Defn: A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker.
CRINKLEDCrin"kled (krn"k'ld), a.
Defn: Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag."The crinkled lightning." Lowell.
CRINKLYCrin"kly (-kl), a.
Defn: Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly.
CRINOIDCri"noid (kr"noid), a. [See Crinoidea.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Crinoidal.— n.
Defn: One of the Crinoidea.
CRINOIDALCri*noid"al (kr-noidal), a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.
CRINOIDEA Cri*noid"e*a (kr-noid"-), n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -oid: cf. F. crino.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.
CRINOIDEANCri*noid"e*an (-an), n. (Zoöl)
Defn: One of the Crinoidea.
CRINOLINECrin"o*line (krn"-ln), n. Etym: [F., fr. crin hair,L. crinis.]
1. A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; — so called because originally made of hair.
2. A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt.
CRINOSECri*nose" (kr-ns"), a. Etym: [L. crinis hair.]
Defn: Hairy. [R.]
CRINOSITYCri*nos"i*ty (kr-ns"-t), n.
Defn: Hairiness. [R.]
CRINUMCri"num (kr"nm), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.
CRIOSPHINXCri"o*sphinx` (kr"-sfnks`), n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A sphinx with the head of a ram.
CRIPPLE Crip"ple (krp"p'l), n. Etym: [OE. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. kr, Dan. kr, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk, but must creep, fr. AS. cre to creep. See Creep.]
Defn: One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled. I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden.
CRIPPLECrip"ple (krp"p'l), a.
Defn: Lame; halting. [R.] "The cripple, tardy-gaited night." Shak.
CRIPPLECrip"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crippled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Crippling (-plng).]
1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame. He had crippled the joints of the noble child. Sir W. Scott.
2. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled. More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the energy of the settlement in the Bay. Palfrey. An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the body politic. Macaulay.
CRIPPLEDCrip"pled (krp"p'ld), a.
Defn: Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. "The crippled crone."Longfellow.
CRIPPLENESSCrip"ple*ness, n.
Defn: Lameness. [R.] Johnson.
CRIPPLERCrip"pler (-plr), n.
Defn: A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight.
CRIPPLINGCrip"pling (-plng), n.
Defn: Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.
CRIPPLYCrip"ply (-pl), a.
Defn: Lame; disabled; in a crippled condition. [R.] Mrs. Trollope.
CRISISCri"sis (kr"ss), n.; pl. Crises (-s. Etym: [L. crisis, Gr. Certain.]
1. The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point. This hour's the very crisis of your fate. Dryden. The very times of crisis for the fate of the country. Brougham.
2. (Med.)
Defn: That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat. Till some safe crisis authorize their skill. Dryden.
CRISP Crisp (krsp), a. Etym: [AS. crisp, fr. L. crispus; cf. carpere to pluck, card (wool), and E. harvest. Cf. Crape.]
1. Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
2. Curled with the ripple of the water. [Poetic] You numphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks . . . Leave jour crisp channels. Shak.
3. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow. The cakes at tea ate short and crisp. Goldsmith.
4. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition. It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years. Leigh Hunt.
5. Lively; sparking; effervescing. Your neat crisp claret. Beau & Fl.
6. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively. The snug, small room, and the crisp fire. Dickens.
CRISPCrisp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crisped (krspt); p. pr. & vb. n.Crisping.] Etym: [L. crispare, fr. crispus. See Crisp. a. ]
1. To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
2. To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp. The lover with the myrtle sprays Adorns his crisped tresses. Drayton. Along the crisped shades and bowers. Milton. The crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold. Milton.
3. To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking. Crisping iron, an instrument by which hair or any textile fabric is crisped. — Crisping pin, the simplest form of crisping iron. Is. iii. 22.
CRISPCrisp, v. i.
Defn: To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.To watch the crisping ripples on the beach. Tennuson.
CRISPCrisp, n.
Defn: That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.
CRISPATE; CRISPATED Cris"pate (krs"pt), Cris"pa*ted (-p-td), a. Etym: [L. crispatus, p. p. of crispare.]
Defn: Having a crisped appearance; irregularly curled or twisted.
CRISPATIONCris*pa"tion (krs-p"shn), n. Etym: [CF. F. crispation.]
1. The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled. Bacon.
2. A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal. Few men can look down from a great height without creepings and crispations. O. W. Holmes.
CRISPATURECris"pa*ture (krs"p-tr; 135), n.
Defn: The state of being crispate.
CRISPERCrisp"er (krs"pr), n.
Defn: One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla.
CRISPINCris"pin (krs"pn), n.
1. A shoemaker; — jocularly so called from the patron sant of the craft.
2. A member of a union or association of shoemakers.
CRISPLYCrisp"ly (krsp"l), adv.
Defn: In a crisp manner.
CRISPNESSCrisp"ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being crisp.
CRISPYCrisp"y (-), a.
1. Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; as, crispy locks.
2. Crisp; brittle; as. a crispy pie crust.
CRISSALCris"sal (krs"sal), a. (Zoöl.)
1. Pertaining to the crissum; as, crissal feathers.
2. Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal thrasher.
CRISSCROSSCriss"cross` (krs"krs`; 115), n. Etym: [A corruption of Christcross.]
1. A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
2. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
CRISSCROSSCriss"cross`, v. t.
Defn: To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks.
CRISSCROSSCriss"cross` (krs"krs`;115), adv.
1. In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways. Logs and tree luing crisscross in utter confusion. W. E. Boardman.
2. With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross.
CRISSCROSS-ROWCriss"cross-row` (-r`), n.
Defn: See Christcross-row.
CRISSUM Cris"sum (krs"sm),, n.; pl. Crissa (-s. Etym: [NL.; cf. L. crisso to move the haunches.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts.
CRISTATE Cris"tate (krs"tt), a. Etym: [L. ctistatus, fr. crista crest.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Crested.
CRITERIONCri*te"ri*on (kr-t"r-n), n.; pl. Criteria (-Criterions (-. Etym: [Gr.Certain.]
Defn: A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judgment respecting them. Of the diseases of the mind there is no criterion. Donne. Inferences founded on such enduring criteria. Sir G. C. Lewis.
Syn.— Standard; measure; rule.
CRITHCrith (krth), n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: The unit for estimating the weight of a
CRITHOMANCYCrith"o*man`cy, n. Etym: [Gr. -mancy: cf. F. crithomancie.]
Defn: A kind of divination by means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims.
CRITICCrit"ic (krt"k), n. Etym: [L. criticus, Gr. able to discuss, fromCertain, and cf. Critique.]
1. One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artistic works, etc., and passes judgment upon them; a reviewer. The opininon of the most skillful critics was, that nothing finer [than Goldsmith's "Traveler"] had appeared in verse since the fourth book of the "Dunciad." Macaulay.
2. One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper. When an author has many beauties consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature. I. Watts. You know who the critics are the men who have failed in literature and art. Beaconsfield.
3. The art of criticism. [Obs.] Locke.
4. An act of criticism; a critique. [Obs.] And make each day a critic on the last. Pope.
CRITICCrit"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to critics or criticism; critical. [Obs.]"Critic learning." Pope.
CRITICCrit"ic, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. critiquer.]
Defn: To criticise; to play the critic. [Obs.]Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done. A.Brewer.
CRITICALCrit"ic*al (krt"-kal), a. Etym: [See Critic, n., Crisis.]
1. Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions. It is submitted to the judgment of more critical ears to direct and determine what is graceful and what is not. Holder.
2. Pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical dissertation.
3. Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious. Virgil was so critical in the rites of religion. that he would never have brought in such prayers as these, if they had not been agreeable to the Roman customs. Bp. Stillingfleet.
4. Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting. O gentle lady, do not put me to 't, For I am nothing, if not critical. Shak.
5. Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject.
6. Etym: [See Crisis.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation. Our circumstances are indeed critical. Burke. The small moment, the exact point, the critical minute, on which every good work so much depends. South. Critical angle (Optics), that angle of incidence of a luminous ray at which it is wholly reflected, and no portion of it transmitted. The sine of this angle is the reciprocal of the refractive index of the medium. — Critical philosophy, the metaphysical system of Kant; — so called from his most important work, the "Critique of Pure Reason." - - Critical point (Physics), a certain temperature, different for different gases, but always the same for each gas, regarded as the limit above which no amount of pressure can produce condensation to a liquid.
CRITICALLYCrit"ic*al*ly, adv.
1. In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly. Critically to discern good writers from bad. Dryden.
2. At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation. place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification critically situated. Coming critically the night before the session. Bp. Burnet.
CRITICALNESSCrit"ic*al*ness, n.
1. The state or quality of being critical, or of occurring at a critical time.
2. Accuracy in examination or decision; exactness.
CRITICASTERCrit"ic*as`ter (krt"k-s`tr), n.
Defn: A contemptible or vicious critic. The rancorous and reptile crew of poeticules, who decompose into criticasters. Swinburne.
CRITICISABLECrit"i*cis`a*ble (krt"-sz`-b'l), a.
Defn: Capable of being criticised.
CRITICISE Crit"i*cise (krt"-sz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Criticised (-szd); p. pr. & vb. n. Criticising.] Etym: [Written also, more analogically, but less commonly, criticize.] Etym: [Cf. G. kritisiren. See Critic.]
1. To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.
2. To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of; esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct. Blackwood's Mag.
CRITICISECrit"i*cise, v. i.
1. To act as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment; to play the critic; — formerly used with on or upon. Several of these ladies, indeed, criticised upon the form of the association. Addison.
2. To discuss the merits or demerits of a thing or person; esp., to find fault. Cavil you may, but never criticise. Pope.
CRITICISERCrit"i*ci`ser (-s`zr), n.
Defn: One who criticises; a critic.
CRITICISMCrit"i*cism (krt"-sz'm), n.
1. The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in the fine arts; as, dramatic criticism. The elements ofcriticism depend on the two principles of Beauty and Truth, one of which is the final end or object of study in every one of its pursuits: Beauty, in letters and the arts; Truth, in history and sciences. Brande & C. By criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant a standard of judging well. Dryden.
2. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure. About the plan of "Rasselas" little was said by the critics; and yet the faults of the plan might seem to invite severe criticism. Macaulay.
CRITIQUECri*tique" (kr-tk"), n. Etym: [F. critique, f., fr. Gr. Critic.]
1. The art of criticism. [Written also critic.] [R.]
2. A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason." I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal. Addison.
3. A critic; one who criticises. [Obs.] A question among critiques in the ages to come. Bp. Lincoln.
CRITIQUECri*tique", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Critic, v.]
Defn: To criticise or pass judgment upon. [Obs.] Pope.
CRIZZEL Criz"zel (krz"z'l), n. Etym: [Cf. grizzle darkish gray, or G. griselig gravelly, granular, speckled.]
Defn: A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency. [Written also crizzeling and crizzle.]
CROAKCroak (krk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked. (krp. pr. & vb. n.Croaking.] Etym: [From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as araven; akin to G. kr to croak, and to E. creak, crake.]
1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. Pope.
2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. Carlyle.
CROAKCroak, v. t.
Defn: To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; toforebode; as, to croak disaster.The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance ofDuncan. Shak.Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song. Wordsworth.
CROAKCroak, n.
Defn: The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.
CROAKERCroak"er (-r), n.
1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast. (a) An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); — called also drum. (c) The surf fish of California.
Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence the name, which is often corrupted into crocus.
CROATCro"at (kr"t), n. Etym: [Cf. Cravat.]
1. A native of Croatia, in Austria; esp., one of the native Slavic race.
2. An irregular soldier, generally from Croatia.
CROATIANCro*a"tian (kr-"shan), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Croatia.— n.
Defn: A Croat.
CROCEINCro"ce*in (kr"s-n), n. Etym: [See Croceous.] (Chem.)
Defn: A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol.
CROCEOUSCro"ceous (kr"shs), a. Etym: [L. croceus, fr. crocus saffron. SeeCrocus.]
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or like, saffron; deep reddish yellow. [R.]
CROCETINCro"ce*tin (kr"s-tn), n. (Chem.)
Defn: A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese croicin, which produces a brilliant yellow.
CROCHE Croche (krch), n. Etym: [OF. croche, equiv. to F. crochet, croc, hook. See Crotchet, Crook.]
Defn: A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.
CROCHETCro*chet" (kr-sh"), n. Etym: [F. crochet small hook. See Croche.]
Defn: A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.
CROCHETCro*chet", v. t. & i. [imp. & p.p. Crocheted (shd"); p. pr. & vb. n.Crocheting (-sh"ng).]
Defn: To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to rochett a shawl.
CROCIARYCro"ci*a*ry (kr"sh—r), n. Etym: [See Crosier.] (Eccl.)
Defn: One who carries the cross before an archbishop. [Obs.]
CROCIDOLITE Cro*cid"o*lite (kr-sd"-lt), n. Etym: [Gr. kroky`s nap on cloth + - lite.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; — called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.
CROCIN Cro"cin (kr"sn), n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.) (a) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora. Watts. (b) A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.
CROCKCrock (krk), n. Etym: [Cf. W. croeg cover, Scot. crochit covered.]
Defn: The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.
CROCKCrock, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Crocked (krkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocking.]
Defn: To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.
CROCKCrock, v. i.
Defn: To give off crock or smut.
CROCKCrock, n.
Defn: A low stool. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler.
CROCKCrock (krk), n. Etym: [AS. croc, croca, crog, croh; akin to D. kruik,G. krug, Icel. krukka, Dan. krukke, Sw. kruka; but cf. W. crwcbucket, pail, crochan pot, cregen earthen vessel, jar. Cf. Cruet.]
Defn: Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser.
CROCKCrock, v. t.
Defn: To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell.
CROCKERCrock"er (-r), n.
Defn: A potter. [Obs.] Wyclif.
CROCKERYCrock"er*y ( krk"r-), n. Etym: [From Crock an earthen vessel.]
Defn: Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds.
CROCKET Crock"et (krk"t), n. Etym: [OF. croquet, F. crochet, dim. of croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crotchet.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc.
2. A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler. The antlers and the crockets. W. Black.
CROCKETEDCrock"et*ed, a. (Arch.)
Defn: Ornamented with crockets.
CROCKETINGCrock"et*ing, n. (Arch.)
Defn: Ornamentation with crockets. Ruskin.
CROCKYCrock"y (-), a. Etym: [From Crock soot.]
Defn: Smutty.
CROCODILECroc"o*dile (krk"-dl; 277), n. Etym: [L. crocodilus, Gr. crocodile.Cf. Cookatrice.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.
2. (Logic)
Defn: A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. Crocodile bird (Zoöl.), an African plover (Pluvianus ægypticus) which alights upon the crocodile and devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth (according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.; — called also Nile bird. It is the trochilos of ancient writers. — Crocodile tears, false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow; — derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey.
CROCODILIA Croc`o*dil"i*a (-dl"-), n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. crocodilus crocodile.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds.
CROCODILIANCroc`o*dil"i*an (krk`-dl"-an), a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile. — n.
Defn: One of the Crocodilia.
CROCODILITYCroc`o*dil"i*ty (—t), n. (Logic)
Defn: A caption or sophistical mode of arguing. [R.]
CROCOISITECro"cois*ite (kr"kois-t), n. Etym: [Cf. F. croco.] (Min.)
Defn: Same as Crocoite.
CROCOITECro"co*ite (kr"k-t), n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Defn: Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color; — called also red lead ore.
CROCONATECro"con*ate (kr"kn-t), n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base.
CROCONICCro*con"ic (kr-kn"k), a. Etym: [Gr.
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid.
2. Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid.
Croconic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance, C5O3(OH)2, obtained from potassium carboxide, rhodizonic acid, and various phenol and quinone derivatives of benzene, and forming yellow or orange colored salts.
CROCOSECro"cose (kr"ks), n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron. [Written also crokose.]
CROCUSCro"cus (kr"ks), n. Etym: [L., saffron, fr. Gr. kark, Ar. kurkum,Skr. ku.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of irron, and used as a polishing powder. Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
CROESUSCroe"sus (kr"ss), n. Etym: [L., fr. G.
Defn: A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is veritable Croesus.
CROFTCroft (krft; 115), n. Etym: [AS. croft; akin to D. kroft hillock; cf.Gael. croit hump, croft.]
Defn: A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm.A few small crofts of stone-encumbered ground. Wordsworth.
CROFTERCroft"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.
CROFTINGCroft"ing, n.
1. Croftland. [Scot.] Jamieson.
2. (Textile Manuf.)
Defn: Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
CROFTLANDCroft"land (-lnd), n.
Defn: Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised.[Scot.] Jamieson.
CROFTON SYSTEMCrof"ton sys"tem. [After Sir Walter Crofton, Irish penologist.](Penology)
Defn: A system of prison discipline employing for consecutive periods cellular confinement, associated imprisonment under the mark system, restraint intermediate between imprisonment and freedom, and liberation on ticket of leave.
CROISCrois (krois). n. Etym: [OF.]
Defn: See Cross, n. [Obs.]
CROISADE; CROISADOCroi*sade" (kroi-sd"), Croi*sa"do (-s"d), n. Etym: [F. criosade. SeeCrusade.]
Defn: A holy war; a crusade. [Obs.] Bacon.
CROISE Croise (krois), n. Etym: [F. crois crusader, fr. OF. crois, F. croix, cross. See Cross.]
1. A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross. [Obs.]
2. A crusader. [Obs.] The conquesta of the croises extending over Palestine. Burke.
CROISSANTE Crois`san`te" (krw`sn`t"), a. Etym: [F. croissant, adj. & n., crescent.] (Her.)
Defn: Terminated with crescent; — said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.
CROKERCro"ker (kr"kr), n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron. [Obs.] Holinshed.
CROMACro"ma (kr"m), n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: A quaver. [Obs.]
CROMLECH Crom"lech (krm"l*k), n. Etym: [W. cromlech; crom bending or bent, concave + llech a flat stone; akin to Ir. cromleac.] (Arch
Defn: A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countris inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.
CROMORNACro*mor"na (kr-mr"n), n. Etym: [F. cromorne (cf. It. cromorno0, fr.G. krummhorn crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like atrumpet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.)
Defn: A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. [Corruptly written cromona.]
CRONECrone (krn), n. Etym: [OD. kronie, karonie, an old sheep, OF.carogne, F. charogne, carrion (also F. carogne illnatured woman.).See Carrion, and Crony.]
1. An old ewe. [Obs.] Tusser.
2. An old woman; — usually in contempt. But still the crone was constant to her note. Dryden.
3. An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. [R.] The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him. W. Irving. A few old battered crones of office. Beaconsfield.
CRONELCro"nel (kr"nl), n. Etym: [Cf. Coronel spearhead, Crown.]
Defn: The iron head of a tilting spear.
CRONETCro"net (kr"nt), n. Etym: [Cf. Coronet, Crownet.]
Defn: The coronet of a horse.
CRONIANCro"ni*an (kr"n-an), a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Saturnian; — applied to the North Polar Sea. [R.] Milton.
CRONSTEDTITECron"stedt*ite (krn"stt-t), n. (Min.)
Defn: A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; — so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt.
CRONYCro"ny (kr"n), n.; pl. Cronies (-n. Etym: [Orig., an old woman. SeeCrone.]
1. A crone. [Obs.] "Marry not an old crony." Burton.
2. An intimate companion; a familiar frend. [Colloq.] He soon found his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time. W. Irving.
CROODLECroo"dle (kr"d'l), v. i. Etym: [Cf. Cruddle, Crudle.]
1. To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Forby. A dove to fly home her nest and croodle there. C. Kingsley.
2. To fawn or coax. [Obs.]
3. To coo. [Scot.]
CROOK Crook (krk), n. Etym: [OE. crok; akin to Icel. kr hook,bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael. crecan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Cf. Crosier, Crotchet, Crutch, Encroach.]
1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. Through lanes, and crooks, and darkness. Phaer.
2. Any implement having a bent or crooked end. Especially: (a) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep. (b) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral stafu. He left his crook, he left his flocks. Prior.
3. A pothook. "As black as the crook." Sir W. Scott.
4. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. For all yuor brags, hooks, and crooks. Cranmer.
5. (Mus.)
Defn: A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
6. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. [Cant, U.S.] By hook or by crook, in some way or other; by fair means or foul.
CROOKCrook (krk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooked (krkt); p. pr. & vb. n.Crooking.] Etym: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr, Dan. kr. See Crook, n.]