Crake
Crake (krāk), v. t. & i. [See Crack.] 1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.Each man may crake of that which w...
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Crake (2)
Crake, n. A boast. See Crack, n.Spenser.
Crake (3)
Crake, n. [Cf. Icel. krāka crow, krākr raven, Sw. kråka, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crow.] (Zoöl.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; — so calle...
Crakeberry
Crake″ber′ry (–b?r′r?), n.(Bot.) See Crowberry.
Craker
Crak″er (kr?k″?r), n. One who boasts; a braggart. Old Play.
Cram
Cram (krăm), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crammed (krămd); p. pr. & vb. n.Cramming.] [AS. crammian to cram; akin to Icel. kremja to squeeze, bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf. Cramp.] 1. To ...
Cram (2)
Cram, v. i. 1. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.Gluttony....Crams, and blasphemes his feeder.Milton.2. To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examinati...
Cram (3)
Cram, n. 1. The act of cramming.2. Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.3. (Weaving) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or sp...
Crambo
Cram″bo (–bō̍), n. [Cf. Cramp, a., difficult.] 1. A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme.I saw in one corner... a cluster of men and women, dive...
Crammer
Cram″mer (krăm″mẽr), n. One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared. Dickens.
Cramoisie
{ Cra‐moi″sieCra‐moi″sy} (kr?–moi″z?), a. [F. cramoisi crimson. See Crimson.] Crimson.A splendid seignior, magnificent in cramoisy velevet.Motley.
Cramp
Cramp (krămp), n. [OE. crampe, craumpe; akin to D. & Sw. kramp, Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe), Icel. krappr strait, narrow, and to E. crimp, crumple; cf. cram. See G...
Cramp (2)
Cramp, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cramped (kr�mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n.Cramping.] 1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.The mind my be as much...
Cramp (3)
Cramp, a. [See Cramp, n.] Knotty; difficult.Care being taken not to add any of the cramp reasons for this opinion.Coleridge.
Cramp (4)
Cramp, n.(Med.) A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc.
Cramp iron
Cramp″ i′ron (?′rn). See Cramp, n., 2.
Crampet
Cram″pet (kr?m″p?t), n. [See Cramp,n.] (Mil.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. [Written also crampit and crampette.]
Crampet (2)
Cram″pet, n. One of the plates of iron, with attached spikes, forming a pair of crampoons; hence (Curling), an iron plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.
Crampfish
Cramp″fish′ (kr?mp″f?sh′), n.(Zoöl.) The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.
Crampit
Cram″pit (krăm″pĭt), n.(Mil.) See Crampet.
Crampon
‖Cram″pon (krăm″pŏn), n. [F. See Crampoons.] (Bot.) An aërial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
Cramponee
Cram′po‐nee″ (krăm′p?–n?″), a. [F. cramponné. See Crampoons.] (Her.) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; — said of a cross so furnished.
Crampoons
Cram‐poons″ (krăm‐po͞onz″), n. pl. [F. crampon, fr. OHG. chramph crooked; akin to G. krampf cramp. See Cramp,n., and cf. Crampon.] 1. A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, l...
Crampy
Cramp″y (krămp″y̆), 1. Affected with cramp.2. Productive of, or abounding in, cramps. “This crampy country.” Howitt.
Cran
{ Cran (krăn), Crane (krān) }, n. [Scot., fr. Gael. crann.] A measure for fresh herrings, — as many as will fill a barrel. H. Miller.
Cranage
Cran″age (krān″ā̍j), n. [See Crane.] 1. The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels.2. The money or price paid for the use of a crane.
Cranberry
Cran″ber‐ry (krăn″bĕr‐ry̆), n.; pl.Cranberries (-rĭz). [So named from its fruit being ripe in the spring when the cranes return. Dr. Prior.] (Bot.) A red, acid berry, much used ...