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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Crease

Crēase, n.

noun

[Cf. L. Ger. krās, H. Ger. krause, crispness, krausen, krāusen, to crisp, curl, lay in folds, Scot. creis, to curl.]

Sense 1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.

Sense 2. A Malay dagger. See CREESE. “The cursed Malayan crease.” Tennyson.

Crease, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. CREASED (kreest); p. pr. & vb. n. CREASING.] To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.