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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Crin'e'um, n. p. 313A cramp; a contraction; a turn or bend; a whimsey. [Low.] Hudibras.Crī'nel or Crī'net, n. p. 313A very fine, hair-like feather. Booth.Cringe, v. t. p. 313To cause to shrink or wrinkle; to contract; to draw together. Whip him, fellows, Till like a boy you see him cringe his face, And whine aloud for mercy. Shak.Cringe, v. i. p. 313To draw one's self together as in fear or timid servility; to bend with base humility; to bow; hence, to make court in a low and degrading manner; to fawn. Who more than thou Once fawned and cringed…Cringe, n. p. 313Servile civility; a mean bow. Far from me Be fawning cringe.Cringe'ling, n. p. 313One who cringes meanly.Crin'ger, n. p. 313One who cringes, or bows, and flatters with servility.Crin'ging-ly, adv. p. 313In a cringing manner.Crin'gle, n. p. 313A withe for fastening a gate. 2. (Naut.) An iron ring or thimble strapped to the bolt-rope of a sail for various purposes, as to attach the sheet, earings, &c.; also, a rope having its end formed…Crīn'i-cŭlt'ūr-al, a. p. 313Relating to the growth of hair.Crī-nig'er-oŭs, a. p. 313Bearing hair; hairy.Crī'nite, a. p. 313Having the appearance of a tuft of hair. “Comate, crinite, caudate stars.” Fairfax. 2. (Bot.) Bearded with long hairs. Gray.Crin'kle, v. t. p. 313[D. krinkelen, to wind or twist, krinkel, twisting, turn, from kring, circle. [Cf. CRINGLE.] To form with short turns or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities. Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled…Crink'le, v. i. p. 313To turn or wind; to run in and out in little or short bends or turns; to bend; to wrinkle. And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. E. B. Browning.Crink'le, n. p. 313A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.Crī'nō, n. p. 313A genus of Entozoa chiefly found in horses and dogs. 2. (Med.) A cutaneous disease, affecting infants, consisting in the growth of rigid black hairs from the skin of the back, arms, and legs…Cri'nōid, n. p. 313The same as CRINOIDEAN.Crī-noid’al, a. p. 313Consisting of, or containing, the remains of encrinites, or crinoids. Dana.Crī-noid'e-a, n. pl. p. 313(Zoöl.) A genus of radiated animals related to the star-fish, but growing on a long, jointed stalk, stem, or pedicel, the joints of the stem, as they occur fossil in the rocks, resembling…Cri-noid'e-an, n. p. 313One of the Crinoidea.Crin'o-līne, n. p. 313A lady's skirt expanded by means of hoops, or by being made of materials stiffened in various ways; — so called because formerly made of hair-cloth.Cri-nōse', a. p. 313Hairy. [Rare.] Bailey.Cri-nōs'i-ty, n. p. 313Hairiness. [Rare.] Bailey.Crī'num, n. p. 313(Bot.) A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidaceæ, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.Crinze, n. p. 313An old kind of drinking-cup. W. Scott.Cri-ōc'e-ris, n. p. 313(Entom.) A genus of coleopterous insects, of the family Crioceridæ, and including the asparagus-beetle.Crip'ple, n. p. 313One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never enjoyed, the use of his limbs; hence, one disabled in the use of any natural function.Crip'ple, a. p. 313Lame. [Rare.] Shak.Crip'ple, v. t. p. 313To deprive of the use of the limbs, particularly of the legs and feet; to lame. He [Charles V.] commanded in person and in chief, even when surrounded with veterans and crippled by the gout. Motley.…Crip'ple-ness, n. p. 313Lameness. [Obs.] Johnson.Crip'pling, n. p. 313A spar or timber set up as a support against the side of a building.