Craterous
Cra″ter‐ous (kr?″t?r–?s), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater. R. Browning.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Craunch
Craunch (kr?nch), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Craunched (kr?ncht); p. pr. & vb. n.Craunching.] [See Crunch.] To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch. Swift.
Cravat
Cra‐vat″ (kr?–v?t″), n. [F. cravate, fr. Cravate a Croat, an inhabitant of Croatia, one of a body of Austrian troops, from whom, in 1636, this article of dress was adopted in Fr...
Cravatted
Cra‐vat′ted (kr?–v?t″t?d), a. Wearing a cravat.The young men faultlessly appointed, handsomely cravatted.Thackeray.
Crave
Crave (krāv), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Craved (krāvd); p pr. & vb. n.Craving.] [AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefja, Sw. kräfva, Dan. kræve.] 1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; ...
Crave (2)
Crave, v. i. To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.Once one may crave for love.Suckling.
Craven
Cra″ven (kr?″v'n), a. [OE. cravant, cravaunde, OF. cravant� struck down, p. p. of cravanter, crevanter, to break, crush, strike down, fr. an assumed LL. crepantare, fr. L. crepa...
Craven (2)
Cra″ven, n. [Formerly written also cravant and cravent.] A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n.King Henry. Is it fit this soldier keep his oat...
Craven (3)
Cra″ven, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cravened (–v'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Cravening.] To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly.There is a prohibition so divine,That cravens my weak ha...
Craver
Crav″er (kr?v″?r), n. One who craves or begs.
Craving
Crav″ing (–?ng), n. Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.A succession of cravings and satiety.L'Estrange.— Crav″ing‐ly, adv. — Crav″ing‐ness, n.
Craw
Craw (kra̤), n. [Akin to D. kraag neck, collar, G. kragen, Sw. kräfva craw, Dan. kro, and possibly to Gr. ���� (E. bronchus), or βρόχθοσ throat. √25. Cf. Crag neck.] (Zoöl.) (a)...
Crawfish
{ Craw″fish′ (kra̤″fĭsh′), Cray″fish′ (krā″fĭsh′) }, n.; pl.-fishes or -fish. [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. écrevisse, fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See C...
Crawford
Craw″ford (kra̤″fẽrd), n. A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, with yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey.
Crawl
Crawl (kra̤l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Crawled (kra̤ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Crawling.] [Dan. kravle, or Icel. krafla, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. kräla to crawl; cf. LG....
Crawl (2)
Crawl (kra̤l), n. The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.
Crawl (3)
Crawl, n. [Cf. Kraal.] A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.
Crawl stroke
Crawl stroke. (Swimming) A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with face submerged, takes alternate overhand arm strokes while moving his legs up and do...
Crawler
Crawl″er (kra̤l″ẽr), n. One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.
Crawly
Crawl″y (kra̤l″y̆), a. Creepy.
Cray
{ Cray (krā), Cray″er (–ẽr) }, n. See Crare.
Crayfish (2)
Cray″fish (krā″fĭsh), n.(Zoöl.) See Crawfish.
Crayon
Cray″on (krā″?n), n. [F., a crayon, a lead pencil (crayon Conté Conté's pencil, i.e., one made a black compound invented by Conté), fr. craie chalk, L. creta; said to be, proper...
Crayon (2)
Cray″on, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crayoned (–?nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Crayoning.] [Cf. F. crayonner.] To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.He soon afterwards composed that disco...
Craze
Craze (krāz), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crazed (krāzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Crazing.] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, slå i kras, to break to ...
Craze (2)
Craze, v. i. 1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.She would weep and he would craze.Keats.2. To crack, as the glazing of porcela...
Craze (3)
Craze, n. 1. Craziness; insanity.2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.It was quite a craze with him to have his Jean dressed genteelly.Prof. Wilson.3. A temporary pa...