CRAPULOUS
CRAPULOUS, adjective Drunk; surchared with liquor; sick by intemperance.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CRASH
CRASH, verb transitive To break; to bruise.CRASH, verb intransitive To make the loud, clattering, multifarious sound of many things falling and breaking at once.When convulsions...
CRASHING
CRASHING, noun The sound of many things falling and breaking at once.There shall be a great crashing from the hills. Zephaniah 1:10.
CRASIS
CRASIS, noun [Gr., to mix, to temper.]1. The temper or healthy constitution of the blood in an animal body; the temperament which forms a particular constitution of the blood.2....
CRASS
CRASS, adjective [Latin, the same as gross, which see.] Gross; thick; coarse; not thing, nor fine; applied to fluids and solids; as, crass and fumid exhalations. [Little used.]
CRASSAMENT
CRASSAMENT, noun The thick red part of the blood, as distinct from the serum, or aqueous part; the clot.
CRASSITUDE
CRASSITUDE, noun [Latin] Grossness; coarseness; thickness; applied to liquids or solids.
CRASSNESS
CRASSNESS, noun Grossness.
CRATCH
CRATCH, noun A rack; a grated crib or manger. [I believe not used in New England.]CRATCH. [See Scratch.]
CRATCHES
CRATCHES, noun [G., the itch, cratches; to scratch.] In the manege, a swelling on the pastern, under the fetlock, and sometimes under the hoof of a horse.
CRATE
CRATE, noun [Latin] A kind of basket or hamper of wicker-word, used for the transportation of china, crockery and similar wares.
CRATER
CRATER, noun [Latin, Gr, a great cup.]1. The aperture or mouth of a volcano.2. A constellation of the southern hemisphere, said to contain 31 stars.
CRAUNCH
CRAUNCH, verb transitive To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise.
CRAUNCHING
CRAUNCHING, participle present tense Crushing with the teeth with violence.
CRAVANT
CRAVEN, CRAVENT, CRAVANT, n.1. A word of obloquy, used formerly by one vanquished in trial by battle, and yielding to the conqueror. Hence, a recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted ...
CRAVAT
CRAVAT, noun A neck-cloth; a piece of fine muslin or other cloth worn by men about the neck.
CRAVE
CRAVE, verb transitive1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to beseech; to implore; to ask with submission or humility, as a dependent; to beg; to entreat.As for my nobler ...
CRAVED
CRAVED, participle passive Asked for with earnestness; implored; entreated; longed for; required.
CRAVEN
CRAVEN, CRAVENT, CRAVANT, n.1. A word of obloquy, used formerly by one vanquished in trial by battle, and yielding to the conqueror. Hence, a recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted ...
CRAVENT
CRAVEN, CRAVENT CRAVANT, noun1. A word of obloquy, used formerly by one vanquished in trial by battle, and yielding to the conqueror. Hence, a recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted...
CRAVER
CRAVER, noun One who craves or begs.
CRAVING
CRAVING, participle present tense1. Asking with importunity; urging for earnestly; begging; entreating.2. Calling for with urgency; requiring; demanding gratification; as an app...
CRAW
CRAW, noun [G.] The crop or first stomach of fowls.
CRAW-FISH
CRAW-FISH, CRAY-FISH, noun [Craw is contracted form crab, or from the Welsh crag, a shell. See Crab.] A species of Cancer or crab, a crustaceous fish, found in streams. It resem...
CRAWL
CRAWL, verb intransitive1. To creep; to move slowly by thrusting or drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; or to move slowly on the hands and knees or feet, as a human be...
CRAWLER
CRAWLER, noun He or that which crawls; a creeper; a reptile.
CRAWLING
CRAWLING, participle present tense Creeping; moving slowly along the ground, or other substance; moving or walking slowly, weakly or timorously; insinuating.