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Craw"ford (kr?"f?rd) , n. A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, wich yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford , of New Jersey.

Crawl <Xpage=340>

Crawl (kr?l) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Crawled (kr?ld) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Crawling .] [Dan. kravle , or Icel. krafla , to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. kr<?/la to crawl; cf. LG. krabbeln , D. krabbelen to scratch.] 1. To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and kness; to creep.

A worm finds what it searches after only by feeling, as it crawls from one thing to another. Grew.

2. Hence, to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.

He was hardly able to crawl about the room. Arbuthnot.

The meanest thing that crawl'd beneath my eyes. Byron.

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3. To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.

Secretly crawling up the battered walls. Knolles.

Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak.

Absurd opinions crawl about the world. South.

4. To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls . See Creep , v. i. ,7.

Crawl <Xpage=341>

Crawl (kr?l) , n. The act or motion of crawling;<?/low motion, as of a creeping animal.

Crawl <Xpage=341>

Crawl , n. [Cf. Kraal .] A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.

Crawler <Xpage=341>

Crawl"er (kr?l"?r) , n. One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.

Crawly <Xpage=341>

Crawl"y (kr?l"?) , a. Creepy. [Colloq.]

Cray kr, Crayer <Xpage=341>

Cray (kr?) , Cray"er (-?r) , n. See Crare . [Obs.]

Crayfish <Xpage=341>

Cray"fish (kr?"f?sh) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Crawfish .

Crayon <Xpage=341>

Cray"on (kr?"?n) , n. [F., a crayon, a lead pencil ( crayon Cont\'82 Cont\'82's pencil, i. e. , one made a black compound invented by Cont\'82), fr. craie chalk, L. creta ; said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. Creta the island Crete. Cf. Cretaceous .] 1. An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders .

Let no day pass over you . . . without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon . Dryden.

&hand; The black crayon gives a deeper black than the lead pencil. This and the colored crayons are often called chalks . The red crayon is also called sanguine . See Chalk , and Sanguine .

2. A crayon drawing.

3. (Electricity) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.

Crayon board , cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon drawing. -- Crayon drawing , the act or art of drawing with crayons; a drawing made with crayons.

Crayon <Xpage=341>

Cray"on , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crayoned (-?nd) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Crayoning .] [Cf. F. crayonner .] To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.

He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably to the plan which he had crayoned out. Malone.

Craze <Xpage=341>

Craze (kr?z) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crazed (kr?zd) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing .] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, sl<?/ i kras , to break to pieces, F. <?/craser to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. Crash .] 1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase .

God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. Milton.

2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.]

Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. Milton.

3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits. Tilloston.

Grief hath crazed my wits. Shak.

Craze <Xpage=341>

Craze , v. i. 1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as <?/<?/e that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.

She would weep and he would craze . Keats.

2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

Craze <Xpage=341>

Craze , n. 1. Craziness; insanity.

2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.

It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly. Prof. Wilson.

3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze ; the \'91sthetic craze .

Various crazes concerning health and disease. W. Pater.

Crazedness <Xpage=341>

Craz"ed*ness (-?d-n?s) , n. A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.

Craze-mill krzm\'b5l, Crazing-mill <Xpage=341>

Craze"-mill` (kr?z"m\'b5l`) , Craz"ing-mill` (kr?"z?ng-) , n. [See 1st Craze .] A mill for grinding tin ore.

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Cra"zi*ly (kr\'b5"z?-l?) , adv. In a crazy manner.

Craziness <Xpage=341>

Cra"zi*ness , n. 1. The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs .

2. The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.

Crazy <Xpage=341>

Cra"zy (kr?"z?) , a. [From Craze .] 1. Characterized by weakness or feeblness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

Piles of mean and crazy houses. Macualay.

One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. Addison.

They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. Jeffrey.

2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.

Over moist and crazy brains. Hudibras.

3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]

The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. R. B. Kimball.

Crazy bone , the bony projection at the end of the elbow ( olecranon ), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone . -- Crazy quilt , a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.

Creable <Xpage=341>

Cre"a*ble (kr?"?-b'l) , a. [L. creabilis , from creare to create. See Create .] Capable of being created. [Obs.]

I. Watts.

Creaght <Xpage=341>

Creaght (kr?t) , n. [Ir. & Gael. graidh , graigh .] A drove or herd. [Obs.]

Haliwell.

Greaght <Xpage=341>

Greaght , v. i. To graze. [Obs.]

Sir. L. Davies.

Creak <Xpage=341>

Creak (kr?k) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Creaked (kr?kt) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Creaking .] [OE. creken , prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. crack , and . D. kreiken to crackle, chirp.] To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak .

The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden.

Doors upon their hinges creaked . Tennyson.

Creak <Xpage=341>

Creak , v. t. To produce a creaking sound with.

Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. Shak.

Creak <Xpage=341>

Creak (kr?k) , n. Thew sound produced by anuthing that creaks; a creaking.

Roget.

CReaking <Xpage=341>

CReak"ing , n. A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound.

Start not at the creaking of the door. Longfellow.

Cream <Xpage=341>

Cream (kr?m) , n. [F. cr<?/me , perh. fr. LL. crema cteam of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin to cremare to burn.] 1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.

2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface. [R.]

3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.

4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.

In vain she tries her paste and creams , To smooth her skin or hide its seams. Goldsmith.

5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as. the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures.

Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant. Shelton.

Bavarian cream , a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. -- Cold cream , an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and lips. -- Cream cheese , a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added. -- Cream gauge , an instrument to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the cream to rise. -- Cream nut , the Brazil nut. -- Cream of lime . (a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air. (b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water. -- Cream of tartar (Chem.) , purified tartar or argol; so called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the surface of the liquor in the process of purification by recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance, with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of baking powders; -- called also potassium bitartrate , acid potassium tartrate , etc.

Cream <Xpage=341>

Cream , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Creamed (kr?md) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Creaming .] 1. To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.

2. To take off the best or choicest part of.

3. To furnish with, or as with, cream.

Creaming the fragrant cups. Mrs. Whitney.

To cream butter (Cooking) , to rub, stir, or beat, butter till it is of a light creamy consistency.

Cream <Xpage=341>

Cream , v. i. To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.

There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pool. Shak.

Creamcake <Xpage=341>

Cream"cake` (-k?k`) , n. (Cookery) A kind of cake filled with custard made of cream, eggs, etc.

Cream-colored <Xpage=341>

Cream"-col`ored (-k?l`?rd) , a. Of the color of cream; light yellow. " Cream-colored horses."

Hazlitt.

Creamery <Xpage=341>

Cream"er*y (-?r-?) , n. ; pl. Creameries (-<?/z) . [CF. F. cr<?/meric .] 1. A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market.

2. A place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream.

3. An establishment where cream is sold.

Cream-faced <Xpage=341>

Cream"-faced` (kr?m"f?st`) , a. White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.

Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.

Cream-fruit <Xpage=341>

Cream"-fruit` (kr?m"fr?t`) , n. (Bot.) A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice.

Creaminess <Xpage=341>

Cream"i*ness (-?-n?s) , n. The quality of being creamy.

Cream laid <Xpage=341>

Cream" laid` (kr?m" l?d`) . See under Laid .

Cream-slice <Xpage=341>

Cream"-slice` (-sl?s`) , n. A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.

Cream-white <Xpage=341>

Cream"-white` (-hw?t`) , a. As white as cream.

Creamy <Xpage=341>

Cream"y (kr?m"?) , a. Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous. " Creamy bowis." Collins . "Lines of creamy spray." Tennyson . "Your creamy words but cozen." Beau & Fl .

Creance <Xpage=341>

Cre"ance (kr?" a ns) , n. [F. cr\'82ance , lit., credence, fr. L. credere to trust. See Credence .] 1. Faith; belief; creed. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. (Falconry) A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured.

Creance <Xpage=341>

Cre"ance (kr\'b5" a ns) , v. i. & t. To get on credit; to borrow. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Creant <Xpage=341>

Cre"ant (kr?" a nt) , a. [L. creans , p. pr. of creare to create.] Creative; formative. [R.]

Mrs. Browning.

Crease <Xpage=341>

Crease (kr?s) , n. See Creese .

Tennison.

Crease <Xpage=341>

Crease , n. [Cf. LG. krus , G. krause , crispness, krausen , kr<?/usen , to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple, crease.] 1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, howewer produced.

2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.

Bowling crease (Cricket) , a line extending three feet four inches on each side of the central strings at right angles to the line between the wickets. -- Return crease (Cricket) , a short line at each end of the bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward the bowler. -- Popping crease (Cricket) , , a line drawn in front of the wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling crease and at least as long as the latter.

J. H. Walsh (Encyc. of Rural Sports).

Crease <Xpage=341>

Crease , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Creased (kr?st) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Creasing .] To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.

Creased , like dog's ears in a folio. Gray.

Creaser <Xpage=341>

Creas"er (kr?s"?r) , n. 1. A tool, or a sewing-mashine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.

2. A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes.

3. (Bookbinding) A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back.

Knight.

Creasing <Xpage=341>

Creas"ing (kr?s"?ng) , n. (Arch.) A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.

Creasote <Xpage=341>

Cre"a*sote (kr?"?-s?t) , n. See Creosote .

Creasy <Xpage=341>

Creas"y (kr?s"?) , a. Full of creases.

Tennyson.

Creat <Xpage=341>

Cre"at (kr?"?t) , n. [F. cr<?/at , ultimateli fr. L. creatus created, begotten; cf. It. creato pupil, servant, Sp. criado a servant, client.] (Man.) An usher to a riding master.

Creatable <Xpage=341>

Cre*at"a*ble (kr?-?"t?-b'l) , a. That may be created.

Create <Xpage=341>

Cre*ate" (kr?-?t") , a. [L. creatus , p. p. of creare to create; akin to Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to accomplish, Skr. k<?/ to make, and to E. ending -cracy in aristocracy , also to crescent , cereal .] Created; composed; begotte. [Obs.]

Hearts create of duty and zeal. Shak.

Create <Xpage=341>

Cre*ate" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Created ; p. pr. & vb. n. Creating .] 1. To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist.

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1.

2. To effect by the agency, and under the laws, of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew.

Your eye in Scotland Would create soldiers. Shak.

Create in me a clean heart. Ps. li. 10.

3. To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer . "I create you companions to our person."

Shak.

Creatic <Xpage=341>

Cre*at"ic (kr?-?t"?k) , a. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/, flesh.] Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea . [Written also kreatic .]

Creatin <Xpage=341>

Cre"a*tin (kr?"?-t?n) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/ flesh.] (Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue. [Written also kreatine .] <-- = creatine, C4H9N3O2 -->

Creatinin <Xpage=341>

Cre*at"i*nin (kr?-?t"?-n?n) , n. (Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine. [Written also kretinine .] <-- = creatinine, C4H7N3O -->

Creation <Xpage=341>

Cre*a"tion (kr?-A"sh?n) , n. [L. creatio : cf. F. cr<?/ation . See Create .] 1. The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

From the creation to the general doom. Shak.

As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura , which had before no being; and this we call creation . Locke.

2. That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature.

We know that the whole creation groaneth. Rom. viii. 22.

A dagger of the mind, a false creation . Shak.

Choice pictures and creations of curious art. Beaconsfield.

3. The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation.

An Irish peer of recent creation . Landor.

Creational <Xpage=341>

Cre*a"tion*al (- a l) , a. Of or pertaining to creation.

Creationism <Xpage=341>

Cre*a"tion*ism (-?z'm) , n. The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism .

Creative <Xpage=341>

Cre*a"tive (-t?v) , a. Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation. " Creative talent."

W. Irving.