Chapter 96

8. (Arch.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.

The finials of gables and pinnacles are sometimes called crests. Parker.

9. (Engin.) The top line of a slope or embankment.

Crest tile, a tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle. -- Interior crest (Fort.), the highest line of the parapet.

Crest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crested; p. pr. & vb. n. Cresting.] 1. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.

His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm Crested the world. Shak.

Mid groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow. Wordsworth.

2. To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.

Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . . Is crested with lines of fiery light. Spenser.

Crest (kr&ebreve;st), v. i. To form a crest.

Crest"ed (kr&ebreve;st"&ebreve;d), a. 1. Having a crest.

But laced crested helm. Dryden.

2. (Zo÷l.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. "The crested bird." Dryden.

3. (Bott.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. Gray.

Crest"fall`en (-f?l`'n), a. 1. With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.

Let it make thee crestfullen; Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. Shak.

2. Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.

Crest"ing, n. (Arch.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.

Crest"less, a. Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. "Crestless yeomen." Shak.

Cre*syl"ic (kr&esl;*s&ibreve;l"&ibreve;k), a. [From Creosote.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc.

Cresylic acid. (Chem.) See Cresol.

Cre*ta"ceous (kr&esl;*tā"shŭs), a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.] Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.

Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. -- Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. -- Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.

Cre*ta"ceous*ly, adv. In a chalky manner; as chalk.

Cre"tan (krē"tan), a. Pertaining to Crete, or Candia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.

Crete (krēt), n. [L. Cres, Cretis.] A Cretan

Cre"tian (krē"shan), a. & n. See Cretan.

Cre"tic (krē"t&ibreve;k), n. [L. Creticus (sc. pes foot), Gr. Kritiko`s (sc. poy`s foot), prop., a Cretan (metrical) foot.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- ⌣ -). Bentley.

Cre"ti*cism (-t&ibreve;*s&ibreve;z'm), n. Falsehood; lying; cretism.

Cre"tin (krē"t&ibreve;n), n. [F. crÚtin; of uncertain origin.] One afflicted with cretinism.

Cre"tin*ism (krē"t&ibreve;n*&ibreve;z'm), n. [F. crÚtinisme.] A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.

Cre"tin*ous (-ŭs), a. Having the characteristics of a cretin. "Cretinous stupefaction." Ruskin.

Cre"tism (krē"t&ibreve;z'm), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; lying, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to act like a Cretan, that is, to lie. "The Cretians are always liars." Titus i. 12.] A Cretan practice; lying; a falsehood.

Cre*tonne" (kr?-t?n"), n. [F., gr. Creton, its first manufacturer.] 1. A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.

2. A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.

3. A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.

Cre"tose (kr?"t?s), a. [L. cretosus, fr. creta chalk.] Chalky; cretaceous. [Obs.] Ash.

Creut"zer (kroit"s&etilde;r) n. See Kreutzer.

||Creux (kr?), n. [F., adj., hollow, n., a hollow.] Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design.

||Cre`val*le" (kr?`v?l-l?"), n. [Prob. of same origin as cavally. See Cavally.] (Zo÷l.) (a) The cavally or jurel. See Cavally, and Jurel. (b) The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus).

||Cre`vasse" (kr?`v?s"), n. [F. See Crevice.] 1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.

2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi. [U.S.]

Crev"et (kr?v"?t), n. [Cf. Creut.] A crucible or melting pot; a cruset. Crabb.

Crev"ice (kr?v"?s), n. [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.] A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Tennyson.

Crev"ice, v. t. To crack; to flaw. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Crev"iced (-?st), a. Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for storing ears of corn.

Trickling through the creviced rock. J. Cunningham.

Crev"is (-?s), n. (Zo÷l.) The crawfish. [Prov. Eng.]

Crew (kr&udd;), n. (Zo÷l.) The Manx shearwater.

Crew (kr&udd;), n. [From older accrue accession, reŰnforcement, hence, company, crew; the first syllable being misunderstood as the indefinite article. See Accrue, 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.

&fist; 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.

Crew (kr&udd;), imp. of Crow.

Crew"el (kr?"?l), n. [Perh. for clewel, dim. of clew a ball of thread; or cf. D. krul curl, E. curl. √26.] Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

Crew"el*work` (-w?rk`), n. Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.

Crew"et (kr?"?t), n. See Cruet.

Crib (kr?b), n. [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) 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 plagiarism; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons. [Colloq.]

The Latin version technically called a crib. Ld. Lytton.

Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib. Wilkie Collins.

10. A miner's luncheon. [Cant] Raymond.

11. (Card Playing) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.

Crib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cribbed (kr&ibreve;bd); 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.

Crib, 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.

Crib"bage (kr&ibreve;b"?j), n. [From Crib, v. t., 2.] 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.

{ Crib"ber (kr?b"?r), Crib"-bit`er (-b?t"?r) }, n. A horse that has the habit of cribbing.

Crib"bing (kr?b"b?ng), n. 1. The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.

2. Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing. [Colloq.]

3. (Mining) 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"-bit`ing (kr?b"b?t`?ng), n. Same as Cribbing, 4.

Crib"ble (kr?b"b'l), n. [F. crible, LL. criblus sieve, fr. L. cribrum.] 1. A coarse sieve or screen.

2. Coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Johnson.

Crib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cribbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cribbling (-bl?ng).] [Cf. F. cribler.] To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.

Crib"ble, a. Coarse; as, cribble bread. [Obs.] Huloet.

||Cri*bel"lum (kr?b?l"l?m), n. [L., a small sieve, dim. of cribrum sieve.] (Zo÷l.) A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (CiniflonidŠ), used for spinning a special kind of silk.

Crib"rate (kr?b"r?t), a. [L. cribratus, p. p. of cribrare to sift, fr. cribrum a sieve.] Cribriform.

Cri*bra"tion (kr?-br?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cribration, fr. L. cribrare to sift. See Cribble, n.] (Pharmacy) The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.

Crib"ri*form (kr?b"r?f?rm), a. [L. cribrum sieve + -form: cf. F. cribriforme.] Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; 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.

Crib"rose (kr?b"r?s), a. [L. cribrum sieve.] Perforated like a sieve; cribriform.

Cric (kr&ibreve;k), n. [prob. fr. F. cric a jackscrew.] The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp. Knight.

Crick (kr&ibreve;k), n. [See Creak.] The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.] Johnson.

Crick, n. [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. [Cf. F. cric.] A small jackscrew. Knight.

Crick"et (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See Creak.] (Zo÷l.) 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.

&fist; 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.

Crick"et, n. [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.) 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.

Crick"et, v. i. To play at cricket. Tennyson.

Crick"et*er (kr?k"?t-?r), n. One who plays at cricket.

Cri"coid (kr?"koid), a. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; ring + -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.

Cri`co*thy"roid (-k?-th?"roid), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages.

Cried (krīd), imp. & p. p. of Cry.

Cri"er (kr?"?r), n. [Cf. F. crieur. See Cry.] One who cries; one who makes proclamation. Specifically, an officer who proclaims 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 (krīm), n.[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.

&fist; 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; iniquity.

No crime 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.

Crime"ful (kr?m"f?l), a. Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury. [Obs.] Shak.

Crime"less, a. Free from crime; innocent. Shak.

Crim"i*nal (kr?m"?-nal), a. [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.

Crim"i*nal, n. One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.

Crim"i*nal*ist, n. One versed in criminal law. [R.]

Crim`i*nal"i*ty (kr?m`?-n?l"?-t?), n. [LL. criminalitas, fr. L. criminalis. See Criminal.] 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.

Crim"i*nal*ly (kr?m"?-nal-l?), adv. In violation of law; wickedly.

Crim"i*nal*ness, n. Criminality. [R.]

Crim"i*nate (kr&?;m"&?;-n&?;t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Criminated (- n&?;`t&?;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Criminating (-n&?;"t&?;ng).] [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 to a criminal charge.

Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him. Macaulay.

Crim`i*na"tion (kr?m`?-n?"sh?n), n. [L. criminatio.] The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.

The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties. Macaulay.

Crim"i*na*tive (kr?m"?-n?-t?v), a. Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. R. North.

Crim"i*na*to*ry (-t?-r?), a. Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience.

Crim`i*nol"o*gy (-n?l"?-j?), n. [L. crimen, crimenis, crime + -logy.] A treatise on crime or the criminal population. -- Crim`i*nol"o*gist (-j&?;st), n.

Crim"i*nous (kr?m"?-n?s), a. [L. criminosus, fr. crimen. See Crime.] Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous. [Obs.] Holland.

-- Crim"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Crim"i*nous*ness, n. [Obs.]

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

Crimp (kr&ibreve;mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimped (kr&ibreve;mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimping.] [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 appearance 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) 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.

Crimp, a. 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.]

Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. J. Philips.

2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.]

The evidence is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. Arbuthnot.

Crimp, 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.

Crimp"age (-?j), n. The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.

Crimp"er (-Ńr), n. 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 appearance. (c) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.

Crim"ple (kr?m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimpled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimpling (-pl?ng).] [Dim. of crimp, v. t. ] To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. [R.] Wiseman.

Crimp"y (kr?mp"?), a. Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.

Crim"son (kr&ibreve;m"z'n), n. [OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k&rsdot;mija produced by a worm; k&?;mi worm or insect + jan to generate; akin to E. kin. CF. Carmine, Kermes.] A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.

Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Is. i. 18.

A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak.

Crim"son, a. Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "A crimson tide." Mrs. Hemans.

The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. Prior.

Crim"son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimsoned (-z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimsoning.] To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. Shak.

Crim"son, v. t. To become crimson; to blush.

Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. De Quincey.

Cri"nal (krī"nal), a. [L. crinalis, fr. crinis the hair.] Of or pertaining to the hair. [R.] Blount.

Cri"na*ted (krī"n&asl;*t&ebreve;d), a. Having hair; hairy.

Cri"na*to*ry (kr?"n?-t?-r?), a. Crinitory. Craig.

Crin"cum (kr?n"k?m), n. [Cf. Crinkle.] A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey. [Colloq.] Hudibras.

Crin"cum-cran"cum (kr?n"k?m-kr?n"k?m), n. A twist; a whimsey or whim. [Colloq.]

Crined (krīnd), a. [L. crinis hair.] (Her.) Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body; as, a charge crined of a red tincture.

{ Cri"nel (kr?"nEl), Cri"net (kr?"n?t), } n. [L. crinis hair.] A very fine, hairlike feather. Booth.

Cringe (kr&ibreve;nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cringed (kr&ibreve;njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing.] [As. crincgan, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.] 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.

Cringe, v. t. 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 for mercy. Shak.

Cringe, n. Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. "With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious." Cowper.

Cringe"ling, n. One who cringes meanly; a fawner.

Crin"ger (kr?n"j?r), n. One who cringes.

Crin"ging*ly, adv. In a cringing manner.

Crin"gle (kr?n"g'l), n. [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.) 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.

Crin`i*cul"tur*al (kr?n`?-k?l"t?r-a]/>l; 135), a. [L. crinis hair + cultura.] Relating to the growth of hair. [R.]

Cri*nig"er*ous (kr?-n?j"?r-?s), a. [L. criniger; crinis hair + gerere to bear.] Bearing hair; hairy. [R.]

Cri"ni*tal (kr?"n?-tal), a. Same as Crinite, 1.

He the star crinital adoreth. Stanyhurst.