Webster's Dictionary 1913

9748

Crumble (2)

Crum″ble, v. i. To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.If the stone is brittle, it...

9749

Crumbly

Crum″bly (–bly̆), a. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. “The crumbly soil.” Hawthorne.

9750

Crumenal

Cru″me‐nal (kr?″m?–nal), n. [L. crumena purse.] A purse. Dr. H. More.

9751

Crummable

Crum″ma‐ble (krŭm″mȧ‐b'l), a. Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces.

9752

Crummy

Crum″my (krŭm″my̆), a. 1. Full of crumb or crumbs.2. Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty.

9753

Crump

Crump (kr?mp), a. [AS. crumb stooping, bent down; akin to OHG. chrumb, G. krumm, Dan. krum, D. krom, and E. cramp.] 1. Crooked; bent.Crooked backs and crump shoulders.Jer. Taylo...

9754

Crumpet

Crump″et (krŭmp″ĕt), n. [Prob. from W. crempog, crammwgth, a pancake or fritter.] A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.

9755

Crumple

Crum″ple (krŭm″p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crumpled (–p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Crumpling (–pl?ng).] [Dim. fr. crump, a.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to...

9756

Crumple (2)

Crum″ple, v. i. To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.

9757

Crumpy

Crump″y (krŭmp″y̆), a. Brittle; crisp. Wright.

9758

Crunch

Crunch (krŭnch), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Crunched (krŭncht); p. pr. & vb. n.Crunching.] [Prob. of imitative origin; or cf. D. schransen to eat heartily, or E. scrunch.] 1. To chew wi...

9759

Crunch (2)

Crunch, v. t. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.

9760

Crunk

{ Crunk (krŭṉk), Crun″kle (krŭṉ″k'l), } v. i. [Cf. Icel. kr�nka to croak.] To cry like a crane. “The crane crunketh.” Withals (1608).

9761

Crunodal

Cru‐no″dal (kr?–n?″dal), a.(Geom.) Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode; — used of curves.

9762

Crunode

Cru″node (kr?″n?d), n. [Prob. fr. L. crux a cross + E. node.] (Geom.) A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a.

9763

Cruor

‖Cru″or (kr?″?r), n. [L., blood. See Crude.] The coloring matter of the blood; the clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the coloring matter; gore.

9764

Cruorin

Cru″o‐rin (–?–r?n), n.(Physiol.) The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal; hæmoglobin.

9765

Crup

Crup (kr?p), a. [Cf. OHG. grop, G. grob, coarse.] Short; brittle; as, crup cake. Todd.

9766

Crup (2)

Crup (kr?p), n. See Croup, the rump of a horse.

9767

Crupper

Crup″per (kr?p″p?r in U.S.; kr?p″?r in Eng.), n. [F. croupi�re, fr. croupe. See Croup the rump of a horse.] [Written also crouper.] 1. The buttocks or rump of a horse.2. A leath...

9768

Crupper (2)

Crup″per, v. t. To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.

9769

Crura

‖Cru″ra (kr?″r?), n. pl.(Anat.) See Crus.

9770

Crural

Cru″ral (–ral), a. [L. cruralis, fr. crus, cruris, leg: cf. F. crural.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arterie...

9771

Crus

‖Crus (kr?s), n.; pl.Crura (kr�″r�). (Anat.) (a) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank. (b) Often applied, especially in th...

9772

Crusade

Cru‐sade″ (kr?–s?d″), n. [F. croisade, fr. Pr. crozada, or Sp cruzada, or It. crociata, from a verb signifying to take the cross, mark one's self with a cross, fr. L. crux cross...

9773

Crusade (2)

Cru‐sade″, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Crusaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Crusading.] To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. “Cease crusading against sense.” M. Green.

9774

Crusader

Cru‐sad″er (–s?″d?r), n. One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.Azure-eyed and golden-haired,Forth the young crusaders fared.Longfellow.