Chapter 101

Cru*sad"ing, a. Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit.

Cru*sa"do (-s?"d?), n. [Pg. cruzado, fr. cruz, fr. L. crux. See Crusade, 3.] An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents. [Written also cruade.] Shak.

Cruse (kr?s), n. [Akin to LG. kruus, kroos, mug, jug, jar, D. kroes, G. krause, Icel. krus, Sw. krus, Dan. kruus. Cf. Crucible, Cresset.] 1. A cup or dish.

Take with thee . . . a cruse of honey. 1 Kings xiv. 3.

2. A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc.

So David took . . . the cruse of water. 1 Sam. xxvi. 12.

Cru"set (kr?"s?t), n. [Cf. F. creuset. See Cruse, Crucible.] A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.

Crush (krŭsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crushed (krŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Crushing.] [OE. cruschen, crousshen, Of. cruisir, croissir, fr. LL. cruscire, prob. of Ger. origin, from a derivative of the word seen in Goth. kruistan to gnash; akin to Sw. krysta to squeeze, Dan. kryste, Icel. kreysta.] 1. To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.

Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. Lev. xxii. 24.

The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. Num. xxii. 25.

2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. Dryden.

Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. Bryant.

4. To oppress or burden grievously.

Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. Deut. xxviii. 33.

5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. Sir. W. Scott.

To crush a cup, to drink. [Obs.] -- To crush out. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.

Crush (kr?sh), v. i. To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

Crush, n. 1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. Addison.

2. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.

Crush hat, a hat which collapses, and can be carried under the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs; hence, any hat not injured by compressing. -- Crush room, a large room in a theater, opera house, etc., where the audience may promenade or converse during the intermissions; a foyer.

Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the opera at night. Macaulay.

Crush"er (-?r), n. One who, or that which, crushes.

Crusher gauge, an instrument for measuring the explosive force of gunpowder, etc., by its effect in compressing a piece of metal.

Crush"ing, a. That crushes; overwhelming. "The blow must be quick and crushing." Macualay.

Crust (kr?st), n. [L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F. croűte; prob. akin to Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; ice, E. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See Raw, and cf. Custard.] 1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.

I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. Addison.

Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. Prescott.

2. (Cookery) (a) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard. (b) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents. (c) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling.

Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies. Dryden.

He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. Shak.

They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. Macaulay.

3. (Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.

4. (Zo÷l.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.

5. (Med.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body.

6. An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing.

Crust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Crusting.] [Cf. OF. crouster, L. crustare. See Crust, n. ] To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust.

The whole body is crusted over with ice. Boyle.

And now their legs, and breast, and bodies stood Crusted with bark. Addison.

Very foul and crusted bottles. Swift.

Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. Felton.

Crust, v. i. To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.

The place that was burnt . . . crusted and healed. Temple.

||Crus"ta (kr?s"t?), n. [L., shell, crust, inlaid work.]

1. A crust or shell.

2. A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object.

||Crus*ta"ce*a (kr?s-t?"sh?-?), n. pl. [Neut. pl. of NL. crustaceus pert. to the crust or shell, from L. crusta the hard surfsce of a body, rind, shell.] (Zo÷l.) One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.

&fist; The body usually consists of an anterior part, made up of the head and thorax combined, called the cephalothorax, and of a posterior jointed part called the abdomen, postabdomen, and (improperly) tail. They breathe by means of gills variously attached to some of the limbs or to the sides the body, according to the group. They are divisible into two subclasses, Entomostraca and Malacostraca, each of which includes several orders.

Crus*ta"cean (kr?s-t?"shan; 97), a. (Zo÷l.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n. An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.

Crus*ta`ce*o*log"ic*al (-sh?-?-l?j"?-kal), a. Pertaining to crustaceology.

Crus*ta`ce*ol"o*gist (-?ll"?-j?st), n. One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist.

Crus*ta`ce*ol"o*gy (-j?), n. [Crustacea + -logy.] That branch of Zo÷logy which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology.

Crus*ta"ceous (kr?s-t?"sh?s; 97), a. [NL. crustaceous. See crustacea.] 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell.

2. (Zo÷l.) Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean.

Crus*ta"ceous*ness, n. The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell.

Crust"al (kr?st"al), a. Relating to a crust.

Crus`ta*log"ic*al (kr?s`t?-l?j"?-kal), a. Pertaining to crustalogy.

Crus*tal"o*gist (-t&?;l"&?;-j&?;st), n. One versed in crustalogy.

Crus*tal"o*gy (kr?s-t?l"?-j?), n. [L. crusta shell + -logy.] Crustaceology.

Crus"ta*ted (kr?s"t?-t?d), a. [L. crustatus, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta. See Crust.] Covered with a crust; as, crustated basalt.

Crus*ta"tion (kr?s-t?"sh?n), n. An adherent crust; an incrustation. Pepys.

Crust"ed (kr?st"?d), a. Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine.

Crus*tif`ic (kr?s-t?f"?k), a. [L. crusta crust + -facere to make.] Producing or forming a crust or skin. [R.]

Crust"i*ly (krŭst"&ibreve;-l&ybreve;), adv. In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.

Crust"i*ness (-&ibreve;-n&ebreve;s), n. 1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.

2. The quality of being crusty or surly.

Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. W. Irving.

Crust"y (-&ybreve;), a. 1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.

2. [Possibly a corruption of cursty. Cf. Curst, Curstness.] Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.

Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news? Shak.

Crut (krŭt), n. [Cf. F. croűte crust.] The rough, shaggy part of oak bark.

Crutch (krŭch; 224), n.; pl. Crutches (-&ebreve;z). [OE. crucche, AS. crycc, cricc; akin to D. kruk, G. krŘcke, Dan. krykke, Sw. krycka, and to E. crook. See Crook, and cf. Cricket a low stool.] 1. A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.

I'll lean upon one crutch, and fight with the other. Shak.

Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak alone. H. Smith.

2. A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

3. (Naut.) (a) A knee, or piece of knee timber. (b) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.

Crutch, v. t. To support on crutches; to prop up. [R.]

Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse. Dryden.

Crutched (kr?cht), a. 1. Supported upon crutches.

2. [See Crouch, v. t., and Crouched, a. ] Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.

Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and crouched friar.

Cruth (kr?th), n. [W. crwth.] (Mus.) See 4th Crowd.

||Crux (krŭks), n.; pl. E. Cruxes (-&ebreve;z), L. Cruces (kr&udd;"sēz). [L., cross, torture, trouble.] Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. Dr. Sheridan.

The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists. Strauss.

||Cru*za"do (kr?-z?"d?), n. A coin. See Crusado.

||Crwth (kr&oomac;th), n. [W.] (Mus.) See 4th Crowd.

Cry (krī), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cried (krīd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crying.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. Quarrel a brawl, Querulous.] 1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice. Matt. xxvii. 46.

Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice. Shak.

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee. Ps. xxviii. 2.

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Is. xl. 3.

Some cried after him to return. Bunyan.

2. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.

Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. Is. lxv. 14.

I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman. Shak.

3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.

The young ravens which cry. Ps. cxlvii. 9.

In a cowslip's bell I lie There I couch when owls do cry. Shak.

To cry on or upon, to call upon the name of; to beseech. "No longer on Saint Denis will we cry." Shak. -- To cry out. (a) To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor. (b) To complain loudly; to lament. -- To cry out against, to complain loudly of; to censure; to blame. -- To cry out on or upon, to denounce; to censure. "Cries out upon abuses." Shak. -- To cry to, to call on in prayer; to implore. -- To cry you mercy, to beg your pardon. "I cry you mercy, madam; was it you?" Shak.

Cry, v. t. 1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.

All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak. Shak.

The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan.

2. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.

3. To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.

Love is lost, and thus she cries him. Crashaw.

4. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath. Judd.

To cry aim. See under Aim. - - To cry down, to decry; to depreciate; to dispraise; to condemn.

Men of dissolute lives cry down religion, because they would not be under the restraints of it. Tillotson.

-- To cry out, to proclaim; to shout. "Your gesture cries it out." Shak. -- To cry quits, to propose, or declare, the abandonment of a contest. -- To cry up, to enhance the value or reputation of by public and noisy praise; to extol; to laud publicly or urgently.

Cry (kr?), n.; pl. Cries (kr&?;z). [F. cri, fr. crier to cry. See Cry, v. i. ] 1. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves. Milton.

2. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.

Again that cry was found to have been as unreasonable as ever. Macaulay.

3. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.

There shall be a great cry throughout all the land. Ex. xi. 6.

An infant crying in the night, An infant crying for the light; And with no language but a cry. Tennyson.

4. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor. Swift.

The cry went once on thee. Shak.

5. Importunate supplication.

O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls. Shak.

6. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.

The street cries of London. Mayhew.

7. Common report; fame.

The cry goes that you shall marry her. Shak.

8. A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.

All now depends upon a good cry. Beaconsfield.

9. A pack of hounds. Milton.

A cry more tunable Was never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn. Shak.

10. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.

Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a cry of players? Shak.

11. The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

A far cry, a long distance; -- in allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.

Cry"al (kr?"al), n. [Cf. W. creyr, cryr, crychydd. Cf. Cruer a hawk.] The heron [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Cry"er (-?r), n. [F. faucon gruyer a falcon trained to fly at the crane, fr. crye crane, fr. L. crus crane. Cf. Cryal.] The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.

Cry"ing, a. Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil.

Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the crying sin of our modern Christianity. I. Taylor.

Cry`o*hy"drate (kr?`?-h?"dr?t), n. [Gr. kry`os cold + E. hydrate.] (Chem.) A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water. F. Guthrie.

Cry"o*lite (krī"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kry`os icy cold, frost + -lite: cf. F. cryolithe.] (Min.) A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina.

Cry*oph"o*rus (kr&isl;*&obreve;f"&osl;*rŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kry`os icy cold, frost + fe`rein to bear.] (Chem.) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32░ Fahr.

Crypt (kr&ibreve;pt), n. [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr. kry`pth, fr. kry`ptein to hide. See Grot, Grotto.] 1. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory.

Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and crypts the few fossils of antique learning. Motley.

My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine. Tennyson.

2. (Anat.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of LieberkŘhn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines.

Crypt"al (-al), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to crypts.

{ Cryp"tic (kr&ibreve;p"t&ibreve;k), Cryp"tic*al (-t?-kal), } a. [L. crypticus, Gr. kryptiko`s, fr. kry`ptein to hide.] Hidden; secret; occult. "Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working." Glanvill.

Cryp"tic*al*ly, adv. Secretly; occultly.

Cryp"ti*dine (kr?p"t?-d?n; 104), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden.] (Chem.) One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H11N; also, any one of several substances metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper.

||Cryp`to*bran`chi*a"ta (kr?p`t?-bra?`k?- ?"t?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden + L. branchia a gill.] (Zo÷l.) (a) A division of the Amphibia; the Derotremata. (b) A group of nudibranch mollusks.

Cryp`to*bran"chi*ate (-br??"k?-?t), a. (Zo÷l.) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.

Cryp`to*crys"tal*line (-kr?s"tal-l?n), a. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. crystalline.] (Geol.) Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope.

Cryp"to*gam (kr?p"t?-g?m), n. [Cf. F. cryptogame. See Cryptogamia.] (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. Henslow.

||Cryp`to*ga"mi*a (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-?), n.; pl. CryptogamiŠ (-&?;). [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret + ga`mos marriage.] (Bot.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds.

&fist; The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The following arrangement recognizes four classes: --

I. Pteridophyta, or Vascular Acrogens. These include Ferns, Equiseta or Scouring rushes, LycopodiaceŠ or Club mosses, SelaginelleŠ, and several other smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal plants called Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, and Calamites.

II. Bryophita, or Cellular Acrogens. These include Musci, or Mosses, HepaticŠ, or Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly CharaceŠ, the Stoneworts.

III. AlgŠ, which are divided into FlorideŠ, the Red Seaweeds, and the orders DictyoteŠ, O÷sporeŠ, Zo÷sporeŠ, ConjugatŠ, DiatomaceŠ, and CryptophyceŠ.

IV. Fungi. The molds, mildews, mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped into several subclasses and many orders. The Lichenes or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature, each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga.

{ Cryp`to*ga"mi*an (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-a]/>n), Cryp`to*gam"ic (kr?p`t?-g?m"?k), Cryp*to"gam*ous (#) } a. Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series.

Cryp*tog"a*mist (-m?st), n. One skilled in cryptogamic botany.

Cryp"to*gram (kr?p"t?-gr?m), n. A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.

Cryp"to*graph (-gr?f), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + -graph: cf. F. cryptographe.] Cipher; something written in cipher. "Decipherers of cryptograph." J. Earle.

Cryp*tog"ra*phal (kr?p-t?g"r?-fal), a. Pertaining to cryptography; cryptographical. Boyle.

Cryp*tog"ra*pher (kr?p-t?g"r?-f?r), n. One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.

{ Cryp`to*graph"ic (kr?p`t?-gr?f"?k), Cryp`to*graph"ic*al (kr?p`t?-gr?f"?-kal), } a. Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.

Cryp*tog"ra*phist (kr?p-t?g"r?-f?st), n. Same as Cryptographer.

Cryp*tog"ra*phy (-f?), n. [Cf. F. cryptographie.] The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.

Cryp*tol"o*gy (kr?p-t?l"?-j?), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + -logy.] Secret or enigmatical language. Johnson.

Cryp"to*nym (kr?p"t?-n?m), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; secret + &?;&?;&?;&?; name.] A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.

Cryp"to*pine (kr?p"t?-p?n; 104), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. opium.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.

||Cryp*tu"ri (kr&ibreve;p*tū"rī), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden + o'yra` tail.] (Zo÷l.) An order of flying, dromŠognathous birds, including the tinamous of South America. See Tinamou.

Crys"tal (kr&ibreve;s"tal), n. [OE. cristal, F. cristal, L. crystallum crystal, ice, fr. Gr. kry`stallos, fr. kry`os icy cold, frost; cf. AS. crystalla, fr. L. crystallum; prob. akin to E. crust. See Crust, Raw.] 1. (Chem. & Min.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.

2. The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.

3. A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass.

4. The glass over the dial of a watch case.

5. Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.

The blue crystal of the seas. Byron.

Blood crystal. See under Blood. -- Compound crystal. See under Compound. -- Iceland crystal, a transparent variety of calcite, or crystallized calcium carbonate, brought from Iceland, and used in certain optical instruments, as the polariscope. -- Rock crystal, or Mountain crystal, any transparent crystal of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz.

Crys"tal, a. Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline.

Through crystal walls each little mote will peep. Shak.

By crystal streams that murmur through the meads. Dryden.

The crystal pellets at the touch congeal, And from the ground rebounds the ratting hail. H. Brooks.

Crys"tal*lin (-l?n), n. (Physiol. Chem.) See Gobulin.

Crys"tal*line (kr?s"tal-l?n or -l?n; 277), a. [L. crystallinus, from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;: cf. F. cristallin. See Crystal.] 1. Consisting, or made, of crystal.

Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. Shak.

2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture.

Their crystalline structure. Whewell.

3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized.

4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. "The crystalline sky." Milton.

Crystalline heavens, or Crystalline spheres, in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens, which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those within it), in order to explain certain movements of the heavenly bodies. -- Crystalline lens (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic epithelium.

Crys"tal*line, n. 1. A crystalline substance.

2. See Aniline. [Obs.]

Crys"tal*lite (kr?s"tal-l?t), n. [See Crystal.] (Min.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc.

Crys"tal*li`za*ble (kr&ibreve;s"tal*lī`z&adot;*b'l), a. Capable of being crystallized; that may be formed into crystals.

Crys`tal*li*za"tion (kr&ibreve;s`tal*l&ibreve;*zā"shŭn), n. [Cf. F. cristallization.] 1. (Chem. & Min.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.

2. The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.