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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Crew'el, n. p. 312Worsted yarn slackly twisted.Crew'et, n. p. 312See CRUET.Crĭb, n. p. 312The manger or rack of a stable; a feeding-place. The steer and lion at one crib shall meet. Pope. 2. A stall for oxen or other cattle. 3. A small inclosed bedstead for a child. 4. A box or bin for…Crib, v. t. p. 312To shut or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to confine; to cramp. “If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped.” I. Taylor. During my winters and springs I am . . . cribbed and…Crib, v. i. p. 312To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib.Crib′bage, n. p. 312A game at cards, in which the dealer makes up a third hand for himself partly out of the hand of his opponent.Crib′bage-bōard, n. p. 312A board with holes, used by cribbage-players, to score their game with pegs.Crib'bing or Crib'-bit'ing, n. p. 312(Far.) A vicious trick or habit of horses, consisting in laying hold of the manger with their teeth, and at the same time drawing in the breath with a peculiar noise.Crib'-bit'er, n. p. 312A horse given to crib-biting; hence, an inveterate grumbler. [Cant.]Crib'ble, n. p. 312A coarse sieve or screen. 2. Coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Johnson.Crib'ble, v. t. p. 312To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.Crib'ble, a. p. 312Coarse. [Obs.] Huloet.Crib'rate or Crib'rōse, a. p. 312(Bot. & Anat.) Perforated like a sieve.Cri-brā'tion, n. p. 312(Med.) The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser. [Obs.] Dunglison.Crib'ri-fōrm, a. p. 312Resembling a sieve or riddle; having the form of a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress. Dunglison.Cri-cē'tus, n. p. 312(Zōol.) A genus of rodent animals, with teeth resembling those of a rat; the hamster.Crich'ton-ite, n. p. 312(Min.) A variety of ilmenite, crystallizing in acute rhombohedrons; titanate of iron. Dana.Crick, n. p. 312The creaking of a door. [Obs.] 2. [Cf. A-S. cric, crice, cryc, crycc, a crooked staff.] A spasmodic and acutely painful affection of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it…Crick'et, n. p. 312An insect of the genus Gryllus and order Orthoptera, characterized by a chirping note. The common cricket of England is the Gryllus domesticus.Crick'et, n. p. 312A game much played in England and America with a bat, ball, and wicket, the players being arranged in two contesting parties. 2. A low stool.Crick'et, v. i. p. 312To play at cricket. They boated and they cricketed. Tennyson.Crick'et-bird, n. p. 312(Ornith.) A kind of bird, Silvia locustella; the grasshopper warbler.Crick'et-er, n. p. 312One who plays at cricket.Crick'et-match, n. p. 312A match at cricket.Cri'coid, a. p. 312(Anat.) Resembling a ring; as, the cricoid cartilage of the larynx. Dunglison.Cried, imp. & p. p. p. 312of cry.Cri'er, n. p. 312One who cries; one who makes proclamation; especially, an officer who proclaims the orders or commands of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation.Crime, n. p. 312Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty which is commanded, or the commission of an act which is forbidden, by law. 2. Gross offense, or violation of law, in distinction…Crime'ful, a. p. 313Criminal; wicked; partaking of wrong; contrary to law, right, or duty. [Obs.] Tell me Why you proceeded not against these feats So crimeful. Shak.Crime'less, a. p. 313Free from crime; innocent. [Obs.]Crim'i-nal, a. p. 313Guilty of crime; tainted with crime. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. Rogers. 2. Involving a crime; — said of an act. Foppish and fantastic ornaments…Criminal conversation p. 313unlawful intercourse with a married woman; adultery; — usually abbreviated crim. con.Crim'i-nal, n. p. 313A person who has committed an offense against law; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof.Crim'i-nal-ist, n. p. 313One versed in criminal law. Sprague.Crĭm/i-năl'i-ty, n. p. 313The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness.Crim'i-nal-ly, adv. p. 313In violation of law; wickedly; in a wrong or iniquitous manner.Crim'i-nal-ness, n. p. 313Criminality.Crim'i-nate, v. t. p. 313To accuse or charge with a crime; to convict of crime; to show to be guilty. To criminate with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection an incorrupt, independent, and reforming…Crim/i-na'tion, n. p. 313The act of accusing; charge of having been guilty of a criminal act; the conviction of crime; accusation.Crim'i-na-tive, a. p. 313Bringing the imputation of crime upon one; criminatory.Crim′i-na-to-ry, a. p. 313Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience. [Rare.]Crim'i-nous, a. p. 313Involving great crime; very wicked; heinous. [Obs.] “Criminous imputations.” Holland.Crim'i-nous-ly, adv. p. 313In a criminous manner; criminally; heinously. [Obs.]Crim'i-nous-ness, n. p. 313The state of being criminous, or highly criminal; wickedness; guilt. [Obs.]Crim’o-sĭn, n. p. 313See CRIMSON.Crimp, a. p. 313Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [Rare.] Now the fowler . . . Treads the crimp earth, ranging through fields and glades. Philips. 2. Inconsistent; contradictory. [Cant.] The evidence is crimp; the…Crimp, v. t. p. 313To form into ridges or plaits; to crimple or curl; as, to crimp the hair. “The comely hostess in a crimped cap.” W. Irving. 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. 3. To decoy or trepan into the power of a…Crimp, n. p. 313An agent for coal merchants, and for persons concerned in shipping. [Prov. Eng.] 2. One who decoys or trepans into the power of a recruiting officer, or a press-gang. Marryatt. 3. A game at cards.…Crimp'age, n. p. 313The act of crimping. [Rare.]Crimp'ing-īron, n. p. 313An iron instrument used for crimping and curling the hair.Crimp'ing-ma-chîne', n. p. 313A machine, consisting of two fluted rollers, for crimping ruffles.Crim'ple, v. t. p. 313To cause to shrink or draw together: to contract; to curl. He passed the cautery through them, and accordingly crimpled them up. Wiseman.Crim'son, n. p. 313A deep-red color tinged with blue; red. [Written also cremosine, crimosin.] A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak.Crĭm'son, a. p. 313Of a deep red color. “The blushing poppy with a crimson hue.” Prior.Crĭm'son, v. t. p. 313To dye with crimson or deep red.Crĭm'son, v. i. p. 313To become crimson or deep red in color; to blush. Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. De Quincey.Crĭm'son-warm, a. p. 313Warmed or heated so as to become of a crimson color.Crī'nal, a. p. 313Belonging to hair. [Obs.] Blount.Crī'nā-ted, a. p. 313Having hair; hairy.Crī'na-to-ry, a. p. 313Of, or relating to, the hair.