CREEKY
CREEKY, adjective Containing creeks; full of creeks; winding.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CREEP
CREEP, verb intransitive [Gr., the sense is to catch, to grapple; Latin, to scrape or scratch.]1. To move with the belly on the ground, or the surface of any other body, as a wo...
CREEPER
CREEPER, noun1. One who creeps; that which creeps; a reptile; also, a creeping plant, which moves along the surface of the earth or attaches itself to some other body, as ivy.2....
CREEPHOLE
CREEPHOLE, noun A hole into which an animal may creep to escape notice or danger; also, a subterfuge; an excuse.
CREEPING
CREEPING, participle present tense Moving on the belly, or close to the surface of the earth or other body; moving slowly, secretly, or silently; moving insensibly; stealing along.
CREEPINGLY
CREEPINGLY, adverb By creeping; slowly; in the manner of a reptile.
CREEPLE
CREEPLE. [Not used.] [See Cripple.]
CREESE
CREESE, noun A Malay dagger.
CREMATION
CREMATION, noun [Latin, to burn.] A burning; particularly, the burning of the dead, according to the custom of many ancient nations.
CREMOR
CREMOR, noun [Latin See cream.] Cream; any expressed juice of grain; yeast; scum; a substance resembling cream.
CRENATE
CRENATE, CRENATED, adjective [Latin, a notch. See Cranny.] Notched; indented; scolloped. In botany, a crenate leaf has its edge, as it were, cut with angular or circular incisur...
CRENATED
CRENATE, CRENATED adjective [Latin, a notch. See Cranny.] Notched; indented; scolloped. In botany, a crenate leaf has its edge, as it were, cut with angular or circular incisure...
CRENATURE
CRENATURE, noun A scollop, like a notch, in a leaf, or in the style of a plant.
CRENGLE
CRENKLE, CRENGLE CRENULATE, adjective [See Cringle.] Having the edge, as it were, cut into very small scollops.
CRENKLE
CRENKLE, CRENGLE, CRENULATE, adjective [See Cringle.] Having the edge, as it were, cut into very small scollops.
CRENULATE
CRENKLE, CRENGLE, CRENULATEadjective [See Cringle.] Having the edge, as it were, cut into very small scollops.
CREOLE
CREOLE, noun In the West Indies and Spanish America, a native of those countries descended from European ancestors.
CREPANCE
CREPANCE, CREPANE, noun [Latin, to burst.] A chop or cratch in a horses leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot crossing and striking the other hind foot. It sometimes degenera...
CREPANE
CREPANCE, CREPANE noun [Latin, to burst.] A chop or cratch in a horses leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot crossing and striking the other hind foot. It sometimes degenerat...
CREPITATE
CREPITATE, verb intransitive [Latin, to crackle, to crack, to burst with a sharp sound.] To crackle; to snap; to burst with a small sharp abrupt sound, rapidly repeated; as salt...
CREPITATING
CREPITATING, participle present tense Crackling; snapping.
CREPITATION
CREPITATION, noun1. The act of bursting with a frequent repetition of sharp sounds; the noise of some salts in calcination; crackling.2. The noise of fractured bones, when moved...
CREPT
CREPT, preterit tense and participle passive of creep.
CREPUSCLE
CREPUSCLE, CREPUSCULE, noun [Latin, a little burst or break of light, or broken light.] Twilight; the light of the morning from the first dawn to sunrise, and of the evening fro...
CREPUSCULAR
CREPUSCULAR, CREPUSCULOUS, adjective Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; noting the imperfect light of the morning and evening; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.
CREPUSCULE
CREPUSCLE, CREPUSCULE noun [Latin, a little burst or break of light, or broken light.] Twilight; the light of the morning from the first dawn to sunrise, and of the evening from...
CREPUSCULINE
CREPUSCULINE, adjective Crepuscular. [Not used.]