Webster's Dictionary 1913

9802

Crustific

Crus‐tif′ic (kr?s–t?f″?k), a. [L. crusta crust + -facere to make.] Producing or forming a crust or skin.

9803

Crustily

Crust″i‐ly (krŭst″ĭ–ly̆), adv. In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.

9804

Crustiness

Crust″i‐ness (–ĭ–nĕs), n. 1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.2. The quality of being crusty or surly.Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness.W...

9805

Crusty

Crust″y (–y̆), a. 1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.2. [Possibly a corruption of cursty. Cf. Curst, ...

9806

Crut

Crut (krŭt), n. [Cf. F. croûte crust.] The rough, shaggy part of oak bark.

9807

Crutch

Crutch (krŭch; 224), n.; pl.Crutches (–ĕz). [OE. crucche, AS. crycc, cricc; akin to D. kruk, G. krücke, Dan. krykke, Sw. krycka, and to E. crook. See Crook, and cf. Cricket a lo...

9808

Crutch (2)

Crutch, v. t. To support on crutches; to prop up.Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse.Dryden.

9809

Crutched

Crutched (kr?cht), a. 1. Supported upon crutches.2. [See Crouch, v. t., and Crouched, a.] Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.Crutched friar(Eccl.), one of a religious o...

9810

Cruth

Cruth (kr?th), n. [W. crwth.] (Mus.) See 4th Crowd.

9811

Crux

‖Crux (krŭks), n.; pl. E. Cruxes (–ĕz), L. Cruces (krṳ″sēz). Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. Dr. Sheridan.The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologis...

9812

Crux ansata

‖Crux an‐sa″ta (?). A cross in the shape of the ankh.

9813

Cruzado

‖Cru‐za″do (kr?–z?″d?), n. A coin. See Crusado.

9814

Crwth

‖Crwth (kro͞oth), n.(Mus.) See 4th Crowd.

9815

Cry

Cry (krī), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Cried (krīd); p. pr. & vb. n.Crying.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. c...

9816

Cry (2)

Cry, v. t. 1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak.Shak.The man... ran on,crying, Life! l...

9817

Cry (3)

Cry (kr?), n.; pl.Cries (kr�z). [F. cri, fr. crier to cry. See Cry, v. i.] 1. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the ...

9818

Cryal

Cry″al (kr?″al), n. [Cf. W. creyr, cryr, crychydd. Cf. Cruer a hawk.] The heron Ainsworth.

9819

Cryer

Cry″er (–?r), n. [F. faucon gruyer a falcon trained to fly at the crane, fr. crye crane, fr. L. crus crane. Cf. Cryal.] The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.

9820

Crying

Cry″ing, a. Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil.Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the crying sin of our modern Chris...

9821

Cryohydrate

Cry′o‐hy″drate (kr?′?–h?″dr?t), n. [Gr. κρύοσ cold + E. hydrate.] (Chem.) A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at...

9822

Cryolite

Cry″o‐lite (krī″?–l?t), n. [Gr. κρύοσ icy cold, frost + -lite: cf. F. cryolithe.] (Min.) A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; — used...

9823

Cryometer

Cry‐om″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � cold, frost + -meter.] (Physics) A thermometer for the measurement of low temperatures, esp. such an instrument containing alcohol or some other liqu...

9824

Cryophorus

Cry‐oph″o‐rus (krī̍‐ŏf″ō̍‐rŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κρύοσ icy cold, frost + φέρειν to bear.] (Chem.) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. ...

9825

Crypt

Crypt (krĭpt), n. [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr. κρύπτη, fr. κρύπτειν to hide. See Grot, Grotto.] 1. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whe...

9826

Cryptal

Crypt″al (–al), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to crypts.

9827

Cryptic

{ Cryp″tic (krĭp″tĭk), Cryp″tic‐al (–t?–kal), } a. [L. crypticus, Gr. κρυπτικόσ, fr. κρύπτειν to hide.] Hidden; secret; occult. “Her more cryptic ways of working.” Glanvill.

9828

Cryptically

Cryp″tic‐al‐ly, adv. Secretly; occultly.