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7. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep . See Crawl , v. i. , 4 .

8. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

Creep <Xpage=342>

Creep , n. 1. The act or process of creeping.

2. A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.

A creep of undefinable horror. Blackwood's Mag.

Out of the stillness, with gathering creep , Like rising wind in leaves. Lowell.

3. (Mining) A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.

Creeper <Xpage=342>

Creep"er (kr?p"?r) , n. 1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.

Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of mites, creepers ; slimy, muddy, unclean. Burton.

2. (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper ( Ampelopsis quinquefolia ) .

3. (Zo\'94l.) A small bird of the genus Certhia , allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris , a variety of which ( var. Americana ) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree . The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia .

4. A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping.

5. pl. A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers .

6. A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.

7. pl. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there.

8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.

9. pl. (Arch.) Crockets. See Crocket .

Creephole <Xpage=342>

Creep"hole` (-h?l`) , n. 1. A hole or retreat onto which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.

2. A subterfuge; an excuse.

Creepie <Xpage=342>

Creep"ie (-?) , n. A low stool. [Scot.]

Creepiness <Xpage=342>

Creep"i*ness (-?-n?s) , n. An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin.

She felt a curious, uneasy creepiness . Mrs. Alexander.

Creeping <Xpage=342>

Creep"ing , a. 1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping thing."

Gen. vi. 20.

2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.

Casements lined with creeping herbs. Cowper.

Ceeping crowfoot (Bot.) , a plant, the Ranunculus repens . - Creeping snowberry , an American plant ( Chiogenes hispidula ) with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen.

Creepingly <Xpage=342>

Creep"ing*ly , adv. by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.

How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents. South.

Creeple <Xpage=342>

Cree"ple (kr?"p'l) , n. [See Cripple .] 1. A creeping creature; a reptile. [Obs.]

There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age. Morton (1632).

2. One who is lame; a cripple. [Obs.]

Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is. Donne.

Creepy <Xpage=342>

Creep"y (kr?p"?) , a. Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin. [Colloq.]

One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy . R. Browning.

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Crees <Xpage=343>

Crees (kr?z) , n. pl. ; sing. Cree . (Ethnol.) An Algonquin tribe of Indians, inhabiting a large part of British America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson's Bay.

Creese <Xpage=343>

Creese (kr?s) , n. [Malay. kris .] A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. [Written also crease and kris .]

From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. Julian Hawthorne.

Cr\'82maill\'8are <Xpage=343>

Cr\'82`mail`l\'8are" (kr?`m?`ly?r" &or; -m?`y?r") , n. [F.] (Fort.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.

Cremaster <Xpage=343>

Cre*mas"ter (kr?-m?s"t?r) , n. [NL., from Gr. <?/<?/<?/, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ to hang.] 1. (Anat.) A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect.

Cremasteric <Xpage=343>

Crem`as*ter"ic (kr?m`3s-t?r"?k) , a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery .

Cremate <Xpage=343>

Cre"mate (kr?"m?t &or; kr?-m?t") , v. t. [L. crematus , p. p. of cremare to burn; cf. Skr. cr<?/ to cook.] To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it .

Cremation <Xpage=343>

Cre*ma"tion (kr?-m?"sh?n) , n. [L. crematio .] A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.

Without cremation . . . of their bodies. Sir T. Browne.

Cremationist <Xpage=343>

Cre*ma"tion*ist , n. One who advocates the practice of cremation.

Cremator <Xpage=343>

Cre*ma"tor (-t?r) , n. [L.] One who, or that which, cremmates or consumes to ashes.

Crematorium krm-tr-m, Crematory <Xpage=343>

Crem`a*to"ri*um (kr?m`?-t?"r?-?m) , Crem"a*to*ry (kr?m"?-t?-r?) , n. ; pl. Crematoriums (-<?/mz), Crematories (-r<?/z) . [NL. crematorium , fr. L. cremator .] A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.

Crematory <Xpage=343>

Crem"a*to*ry , a. Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.

Cremocarp <Xpage=343>

Crem"o*carp (kr?m"?-k?rp &or; kr?"m?-) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/ to hang + <?/<?/<?/ fruit.] (Bot.) The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrott, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.

Cremona <Xpage=343>

Cre*mo"na (kr?-m?"n?) , n. A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona , in Italy.

Cremor <Xpage=343>

Cre"mor (kr?"m?r) , n. [L. CF. Cream .] Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.

Cremosin <Xpage=343>

Crem"o*sin (kr?m"?-s?n) , n. See Crimson . [Obs.]

Crems <Xpage=343>

Crems (kr?mz) , n. See Krems .

Crenate krnt, Crenated <Xpage=343>

Cre"nate (kr?n?t) , Cre"na*ted (kr?"n?-t?d) , a. [L. crena notch. See Cranny .] (Bot.) Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops.

Crenation <Xpage=343>

Cre*na"tion (kr?-n?"sh?n) , n. 1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

2. The condition of being crenate.

Crenature <Xpage=343>

Cren"a*ture (kr?n"?-t?r &or; kr?"n?-; 135) , n. 1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle .

2. The state of being crenated or notched.

Crenel <Xpage=343>

Cre*nel" (kr?-n?l") , n. See Crenelle .

Crenelate <Xpage=343>

Cren"el*ate (kr?n"?l-?t &or; kr?"n?l-?t) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crenelated (-?`t?d) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Crenelating (-?`t?ng) .] [LL. crenellare , kernellare : cf. F. cr<?/neler to indent. See Crenelle .] [Written also crenellate .] 1. To furnish with crenelles.

2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf .

Crenelated molding (Arch.) , a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.

Crenelation <Xpage=343>

Cren`el*a"tion (-?"sh?n) , n. The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure. [Written also crenellation .]

Crenelle, Crenel <Xpage=343>

Cre*nelle" , Cre*nel" (kr?-n?l") , n. [OF. crenel , F. cr<?/neau , LL. crenellus , kernellus , dim. (prob.) fr. L. crena notch. See Crenny .] 1. An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon , and Illust . of Battlement .

2. (Bot.) Same as Crenature .

Crenelled <Xpage=343>

Cre*nelled" (kr<?/-n<?/ld") a. (Bot.) Same as Crenate .

Crengle krng'l, Crenkle <Xpage=343>

Cren"gle (kr?n"g'l) , Cren"kle (-k'l) , n. See Cringle .

Crenulate krn-lt, Crenulated <Xpage=343>

Cren"u*late (kr?n"?-l?t) , Cren"u*la`ted (-l?`t?d) , a. [Dim. of crenate .] (Bot.) Minutely crenate.

Crenulation <Xpage=343>

Cren`u*la"tion (-l?"sh?n) , n. 1. A minute crenation.

2. The state of being minutely scalloped.

Creole <Xpage=343>

Cre"ole (kr?"?l) , n. [F. cr<?/ole , Sp. criollo , from an American negro word, perh. a corruption of a Sp. criadillo , dim. of criado servant, formerly also, child, fr. L. creatus , p. p. of creare to create. Cf. Create .] One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico.

&hand; "The term creole negro is employed in the English West Indies to distinguish the negroes born there from the Africans imported during the time of the slave trade. The application of this term to the colored people has led to an idea common in some parts of the United States, though wholly unfounded, that it implies an admixture greater or less of African blood."

R. Hildreth.

&hand; "The title [Creole] did not first belong to the descendants of Spanish, but of French, settlers, But such a meaning implied a certain excellence of origin, and so came early to include any native of French or Spanish descent by either parent, whose nonalliance with the slave race entitled him to social rank. Later, the term was adopted by, not conceded to, the natives of mixed blood, and is still so used among themselves. . . . Besides French and Spanish, there are even, for convenience of speech, 'colored' Creoles ; but there are no Italian, or Sicilian, nor any English, Scotch, Irish, or 'Yankee' Creoles , unless of parentage married into, and themselves thoroughly proselyted in, Creole society."

G. W. Cable.

Creole <Xpage=343>

Cre"ole (kr?"?l) , a. Of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles.

&hand; In New Orleans the word Creole is applied to any product, or variety of manufacture, peculiar to Louisiana; as, Creole ponies, chickens, cows, shoes, eggs, wagons, baskets, etc.

Creolean kr-l-a]/>n, Creolian <Xpage=343>

Cre*o"le*an (kr?-?"l?-a]/>n) , Cre*o"li*an , a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Creoles. -- n. A Creole.

Creosol <Xpage=343>

Cre"o*sol (kr?"?-s?l) , n. [ Cresote + phen ol .] (Chem.) A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum. [Written also creasol .]

Creosote <Xpage=343>

Cre"o*sote (kr?"?-s?t) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/, gen. <?/<?/<?/, flesh + <?/<?/<?/ to preserve.] (Chem.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood.

&hand; It is remarkable as an antiseptic and deodorizer in the preservation of wood, flesh, etc., and in the prevention of putrefaction; but it is a poor germicide, and in this respect has been overrated. Smoked meat, as ham, owes its preservation and taste to a small quantity of creosote absorbed from the smoke to which it is exposed. Carbolic acid is phenol proper, while creosote is a mixture of several phenols.

Coal-tar creosote (Chem.) , a colorless or yellow, oily liquid, obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and resembling wood-tar oil, or creosote proper, in composition and properties.

Creosote <Xpage=343>

Cre"o*sote , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Creosoted (-s?"t?d) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Creosoting .] To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.

Crepance krp a ns, Crepane <Xpage=343>

Cre"pance (kr?"p a ns) , Cre"pane (kr?"p?n) , n. [Cf. L. crepare to crack.] (Far.) An injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer.

Cr\'88pe <Xpage=343>

Cr\'88pe (kr?p) , n. Same as Crape .

Crepitant <Xpage=343>

Crep"i*tant (kr?p"?-t a nt) , a. [See Crepitate .] Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling.

Crepitant rale (Med.) , a peculiar crackling sound audible with inspiration in pneumonia and other lung disease.

Crepitate <Xpage=343>

Crep"i*tate (kr<?/p"<?/-t<?/t) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Crepitated (-t<?/`t<?/d) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Crepitating (-t<?/`t<?/ng) .] [L. crepitatus , p. p. of crepitare to crackle, v. intensive of crepare to crack. Cf. Crevice .] To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.

Crepitation <Xpage=343>

Crep`i*ta"tion (kr?p`?-t?"sh?n) , n. [Cf. F. cr\'82pitation .] 1. The act of crepitating or crackling.

2. (Med.) (a) A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air. (b) A crepitant r\'83le.

Crepitus <Xpage=343>

Crep"i*tus (kr?p"?-t?s) , n. [L., fr. crepare to crack.] (Med.) (a) The noise produced bu a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels. (b) Same as Crepitation , 2.

Crepon <Xpage=343>

Cre"pon (kr?"p?n; F. kr?` p?n ") , n. [F.] A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.

Crept <Xpage=343>

Crept (kr?pt) , imp. & p. p. of Creep .

Crepuscle kr-pss'l, Crepuscule <Xpage=343>

Cre*pus"cle (kr?-p?s"s'l) , Cre*pus"cule (kr?-p?s"k?l) , n. [L. crepusculum , fr. creper dusky, dark: cf. F. cr<?/puscule .] Twilight.

Bailey.

Crepuscular -k-lr, Crepusculous <Xpage=343>

Cre*pus"cu*lar (-k?-l?r) , Cre*pus"cu*lous (-l?s) , a. [Cf. F. cr<?/pusculaire .] 1. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.

This semihistorical and crepuscular period. Sir G. C. Lewis.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects.

Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls, and are called crepuscular . Whewell.

Cropusculine <Xpage=343>

Cro*pus"cu*line (-l?n) , a. Crepuscular. [Obs.]

Sprat.

Crescence <Xpage=343>

Cres"cence (kr?s"s e ns) , n. [See Crescent .] Increase; enlargement. [Obs.]

And toward the moon's attractive crescence bend. H. Brooke.

Crescendo <Xpage=343>

Cres*cen"do (kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?) , a. & adv. [It., from crescere to increase. See Crescent .] (Mus.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.

Crescendo <Xpage=343>

Cres*cen"do , n. (Mus.) (a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed. (b) A pssage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.

Crescent <Xpage=343>

Cres"cent (kr?s"s e nt) , n. [OE. cressent , cressaunt , crescent (in sense 1), OF. creissant increasing, F. croissant , p. pr. of cro<?/tre , OF. creistre , fr. L. crescere to increase, v. incho.; akin to creare to create. See Create , and cf. Accrue, Increase, Crescendo.] 1. The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.

2. Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

3. A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge ; as: (a) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana. (b) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople. Hence: (c) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.

The cross of our faith is replanted, The pale, dying crescent is daunted. Campbell.

4. Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Ren\'82 of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.

Brande & C.

5. (Her.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.

Crescent <Xpage=343>

Cres"cent (kr?s"s e nt) , a. 1. Shaped like a crescent.

Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns. Milton.

2. Increasing; growing.

O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set. Tennyson.

Crescent <Xpage=343>

Cres"cent , v. t. 1. To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. [R.]

Anna Seward.

2. To adorn with crescents.

Crescentic <Xpage=343>

Cres*cen"tic (kr?s-s?n"t?k) , a. Crescent-shaped. " Crescentic lobes."

R. Owen.

Crescentwise <Xpage=343>

Cres"cent*wise` (kr?s"s e nt-w?z`) , adv. In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.

Tennyson.

Crescive <Xpage=343>

Cres"cive (kr?s"s?v) , a. [L. crescere to increase.] Increasing; growing. [R.]