Webster's Dictionary 1828

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CRUM

CRUM, noun [G.] A small fragment or piece; usually, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.Lazarus, desiring to be fed with the crums which fell from the rich m...

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CRUMBLE

CRUMBLE, verb transitive [G.] To break into small pieces; to divide into minute parts.CRUMBLE, verb intransitive1. To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragmen...

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CRUMBLED

CRUMBLED, participle passive Broken or parted into small pieces.

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CRUMBLING

CRUMBLING, participle present tense Breaking into small fragments; falling into small pieces; decaying.

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CRUMENAL

CRUMENAL, noun [Latin] A purse. [Not used.]

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CRUMMY

CRUMMY, adjective Full of crums; soft.

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CRUMP

CRUMP, adjective [G. crump rump, rumple, crumple, crimple, are doubtless of one family.] Crooked; as crump-shouldered.

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CRUMPET

CRUMPET, noun A soft cake.

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CRUMPLE

CRUMPLE, verb intransitive [from crump. See Rumple, the same word without a prefix.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to rumple.CRUMPLE, verb intransitive To contract; t...

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CRUMPLED

CRUMPLED, participle passive Drawn or pressed into wrinkles.

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CRUMPLING

CRUMPLING, participle present tense Drawing or pressing into wrinkles.CRUMPLING, noun A small degenerate apple.

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CRUNK

CRUNK, CRUNKLE, verb intransitive To cry like a crane. [Not used.]

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CRUNKLE

CRUNK, CRUNKLE verb intransitive To cry like a crane. [Not used.]

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CRUOR

CRUOR, noun [Latin] Gore; coagulated blood.

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CRUP

CRUP, CROUP, noun The buttocks.CRUP, adjective Short; brittle. [Not in use.]

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CRUPPER

CRUPPER, noun [See Croup.]1. In the manege, the buttocks of a horse; the rump.2. A strap of leather which is buckled to a saddle, and passing under a horses tail, prevents the s...

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CRURAL

CRURAL, adjective [Latin, the leg.] Belonging to the leg; as the crural artery, which conveys blood to the legs, and the crural vein, which returns it.

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CRUSADE

CRUSADE, noun [Latin] A military expedition undertaken by Christians, for the recovery of the Holy Land, the scene of our Saviors life and sufferings, from the power of infidels...

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CRUSADER

CRUSADER, noun A person engaged in a crusade.

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CRUSE

CRUSE, noun [See crucible.] A small cup.Take with thee a cruse of honey. 1 Kings 14:3.In New England, it is used chiefly or wholly for a small bottle or vial for vinegar, called...

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CRUSET

CRUSET, noun [See Crucible.] A goldsmiths crucible or melting pot.

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CRUSH

CRUSH, verb transitive1. To press and bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to force a thing out of its natural shape; to bruise by pressure.The ass--crushed Balaams...

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CRUSHED

CRUSHED, participle passive Pressed or squeezed so as to break or bruise; overwhelmed or subdued by power; broken or bruised by a fall; grievously oppressed; broken or bruised t...

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CRUSHING

CRUSHING, participle present tense Pressing or squeezing into a mass, or until broken or bruised; overwhelming; subduing by force; oppressing; comminuting.

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CRUST

CRUST, noun [Latin, G.]1. An external coat or covering of a thing, which is hard or harder than the internal substance; as the crust of bread; the crust of snow; the crust of dr...

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CRUSTACEOLOGY

CRUSTACEOLOGY. [See Crustalogy.]

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CRUSTACEOUS

CRUSTACEOUS, adjective [Latin] Pertaining to crust; like crust; of the nature of crust or shell. crustaceous animals, or Crustacea, have a crust or shell composed of several joi...