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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Crûtched, p. a.p. 319Supported upon crutches; using crutches. 2. Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. See CROUCH. Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because the members of it bore the…
  2. Cruth, n.p. 319See CROWD.
  3. Crūx, n.p. 319Any thing that puzzles, vexes, or tries, in the highest degree. Dr. Sheridan.
  4. Cru'ys-hāge, n.p. 319(Ichth.) A fish of the shark kind, having a triangular head and mouth; Lamna cornubica.
  5. Cru-zā'do, n.p. 319See CRUSADO.
  6. Crȳ, v. i.p. 319To utter a loud voice; to speak, call, or exclaim loudly, vehemently, or earnestly; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray. Yet cried they out like vultures, and urged on As if they would precipitate…
  7. Crÿ, v. t.p. 319To utter loudly; to utter; to sound abroad. Let them all, All, all cry shame against ye, yet I'll speak. Shak. 2. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially…
  8. Cry, n.p. 319A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate and unintelligent sound produced by one of the lower animals. These yelling monsters that with ceaseless cry Surround me. Milton. 2. Utterance or…
  9. Crŷ'al, n.p. 320The heron. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
  10. Crŷ'er, n.p. 320See CRIER.
  11. Crŷ'er, n.p. 320A kind of hawk;—called also falcon gentle. Ainsworth.
  12. Crŷ'ing, a.p. 320Calling for notice; compelling attention and regard; notorious; heinous. Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the crying sin of our modern Christianity. I. Taylor.
  13. Crŷ'o-lite, n.p. 320(Min.) A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, of a pale, grayish-white, snow-white, or yellowish-brown color. It occurs in cleavable masses, and has a glistening, vitreous luster.…
  14. Cry-ōph'o-rūs, n.p. 320(Chem.) An instrument contrived by Dr. Wollaston for freezing water by its own evaporation. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32° Fahr.
  15. Crŷpt, n.p. 320A subterranean cell or cave; especially, a vault under a church, used for the interment of persons; a grave or tomb. Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and…
  16. Crŷp'tă, n.p. 320(Bot.) One of the round receptacles with which the leaves of many plants are studded, as the orange, myrtle, &c., and which contain some secretion. 2. (Anat.) One of the small, round excrescences…
  17. Crŷp'tie or Crŷp'tie-al, a.p. 320Hidden; secret; occult. Watts.
  18. Crŷp'tic-al-ly, adv.p. 320Secretly.
  19. Crŷp'to-brăn'chi-āte, a.p. 320(Nat. Hist.) Having concealed gills; destitute of distinct gills. Dana.
  20. Crŷp'to-găm, n.p. 320(Bot.) A plant belonging to the class Cryptogamia. Henslow.
  21. Crŷp'to-gā'mi-ă, n.p. 320(Bot.) The class of flowerless plants, or those which do not fructify by the means usual to others. Its subdivisions are as follows:— I. ACROGENS, or VASCULAR CRYPTOGAMS. These have an upward growth…
  22. Crŷp'to-gā'mi-an or Crŷp'to-găm'ie or Crŷp-tōg'a-mous, a.p. 320Pertaining to plants of the class Cryptogamia.
  23. Crŷp-tōg'a-mist, n.p. 320One who is skilled in cryptogamic botany.
  24. Crŷp-tōg'a-my, n.p. 320(Bot.) A concealed fructification. Pennant.
  25. Crŷp-tŏg'ra-phal, a.p. 320Pertaining to cryptography; cryptographical. Boyle.
  26. Crŷp-tōg'ra-pher, n.p. 320One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.
  27. Crŷp'to-grāph'ie-al, a.p. 320Written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.
  28. Cryp-tōg'ra-phy, n.p. 320The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters or cipher.
  29. Crŷp-tōl'o-gy, n.p. 320Secret or enigmatical language. Johnson.
  30. Crŷs'tal, n.p. 320(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…
  31. Crŷs'tal, a.p. 320Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline. By crystal streams that murmur through the meads. Dryden.
  32. Crŷs'tal-line, a.p. 320Consisting of crystal. “Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline.” Shak. 2. Having a texture produced by crystallization; as, granite is crystalline. Dana. 3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is…
  33. Crŷs'tal-līne, n.p. 320A crystalline rock, or one imperfectly crystallized, as granite, &c. Ruskin.
  34. Crŷs'tal-liz'a-ble, a.p. 320Capable of being crystal-lized; capable of forming, or of being formed into, crystals.
  35. Crȳs'tal-li-zā'tion, n.p. 320(Chem. & Min.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and texture of a crystal, or becomes crystallized. 2. The mass or body formed by the process of crystallizing.…
  36. Crŷs'tal-līze, v. t.p. 320To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.
  37. Crŷs'tal-līze, v. i.p. 320To be converted into crystals; to take on a crystalline condition or form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction. Dana.
  38. Crŷs'tal-lō-gĕn'ic or Crŷs'tal-lō-gĕn'ic-al, a.p. 320Pertaining to the production of crystals; crystal-producing; as, crystallogenic attraction. Dana.
  39. Crŷs'tal-lōg'e-ny, n.p. 320The science which pertains to the production of crystals. Dana.
  40. Crŷs'tal-lōg'ra-pher, n.p. 320One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography.
  41. Crȳs'tal-lo-grāph'ie or Crȳs'tal-lo-grāph'ie-al, a.p. 320Pertaining to crystallography.
  42. Crŷs'tal-lō-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 320In the manner of crystallography.
  43. Crŷs'tal-lŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 320The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation. Dana. 2. A discourse or treatise on crystallization.
  44. Crŷs'tal-loid, a.p. 320Crystal-like; transparent like crystal. Dana.
  45. Cry'stál-lo-tŷpe, n.p. 320(Photog.) A photographic picture on glass. Whipple.
  46. Crŷs'tal-ō'g-y, n.p. 320The science of the crystalline structure of inorganic bodies. Dana.
  47. Ctē'noid or Cte-noid'i-an, n.p. 320(Ichth.) One of the third order of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having the skin covered with unenameled scales; having a pectinated margin, as in the perch.
  48. Cūb, n.p. 320A young animal, especially the young of the bear. 2. A young boy or girl; — used contemptuously. O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? Shak.
  49. Cŭb, n.p. 320A stall for cattle. [Obs.] I would rather have such . . . in cub or kennel than in my closet or at my table. Landor. 2. A cupboard. [Obs.] Laud.
  50. Cŭb, v. t. or i.p. 320To bring forth;—said of animals, or, in contempt, of persons.
  51. Cūb, v. t.p. 320To shut up or confine. [Obs.] Burton.
  52. Cū'ban, n.p. 320(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Cuba. 2. (Min.) A mineral found in Cuba; a sulphide of copper and iron.
  53. Cū'ban, a.p. 320(Geog.) Pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants.
  54. Cu-bā'tion, n.p. 320The act of lying down; a reclining. Bailey.
  55. Cū'ba-to-ry, a.p. 320Lying down; reclining; incumbent. [Rare.] Bailey.
  56. Cū'ba-tūre, n.p. 320The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body.
  57. Cŭb'bridg-e-hēad, n.p. 320(Naut.) A partition across the forecastle and half deck of a ship. Scott.
  58. Cūb'by or Cūb'by-hōle, n.p. 320A confined place. Halliwell. Bartlett.
  59. Cŭb'-drawn, a.p. 320Drawn or sucked by cubs. This night wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch. Shak.
  60. Cūbe, n.p. 320(Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides. 2. (Arith.) The product of a number multiplied twice into itself; as, 4 × 4 = 16, and 16 × 4 = 64, the cube of 4. Cube root (Arith.), the…