Cretinism
Cre″tin‐ism (krē″tĭn‐ĭz'm), n. [F. crétinisme.] A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in c...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Cretinous
Cre″tin‐ous (–ŭs), a. Having the characteristics of a cretin. “Cretinous stupefaction.” Ruskin.
Cretism
Cre″tism (krē″tĭz'm), n. [Gr. ����� lying, fr. ����� to act like a Cretan, that is, to lie. “The Cretians are always liars.” Titus i. 12.] A Cretan practice; lying; a falsehood.
Cretonne
Cre‐tonne″ (kr?–t?n″), n. [F., gr. Creton, its first manufacturer.] 1. A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.2. A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.3. A...
Cretose
Cre″tose (kr?″t?s), a. [L. cretosus, fr. creta chalk.] Chalky; cretaceous. Ash.
Creutzer
Creut″zer (kroit″sẽr) n. See Kreutzer.
Creux
‖Creux (kr?), n. [F., adj., hollow, n., a hollow.] Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing...
Crevalle
‖Cre′val‐le″ (kr?′v?l–l?″), n. [Prob. of same origin as cavally. See Cavally.] (Zoöl.) (a) The cavally or jurel. See Cavally, and Jurel. (b) The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus).
Crevasse
‖Cre′vasse″ (kr?′v?s″), n. [F. See Crevice.] 1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.2. A breach i...
Crevet
Crev″et (kr?v″?t), n. [Cf. Creut.] A crucible or melting pot; a cruset. Crabb.
Crevice
Crev″ice (kr?v″?s), n. [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.] A narrow opening resultin...
Crevice (2)
Crev″ice, v. t. To crack; to flaw. Sir H. Wotton.
Creviced
Crev″iced (–?st), a. Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for storing ears of corn.Trickling through the creviced rock.J. Cunningham.
Crevis
Crev″is (–?s), n.(Zoöl.) The crawfish.
Crew
Crew (krṳ), n.(Zoöl.) The Manx shearwater.
Crew (2)
Crew (krṳ), n. [From older accrue accession, reënforcement, hence, company, crew; the first syllable being misunderstood as the indefinite article. See Accrue, Crescent.] 1. A c...
Crew (3)
Crew (krṳ), imp. of Crow.
Crewel
Crew″el (kr?″?l), n. [Perh. for clewel, dim. of clew a ball of thread; or cf. D. krul curl, E. curl. √26.] Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
Crewelwork
Crew″el‐work′ (–w?rk′), n. Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.
Crewet
Crew″et (kr?″?t), n. See Cruet.
Crib
Crib (kr?b), n. [AS. crybb; akin to OS. kribbja, D. krib, kribbe, Dan. krybbe, G. krippe, and perh. to MHG. krebe basket, G, korb, and E. rip a sort of wicker basket.]1. A mange...
Crib (2)
Crib, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cribbed (krĭbd); p. pr. & vb. n.Cribbing.] 1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.If only the vital energy be not cribbed or...
Crib (3)
Crib, v. i. 1. To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.Who sought to make... bishops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle bed.Gauden.2. To ma...
Crib-biting
Crib″–bit′ing (kr?b″b?t′?ng), n. Same as Cribbing, 4.
Cribbage
Crib″bage (krĭb″?j), n. [From Crib, v. t., 2.] A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety o...
Cribber
{ Crib″ber (kr?b″?r), Crib″–bit′er (–b?t″?r) }, n. A horse that has the habit of cribbing.
Cribbing
Crib″bing (kr?b″b?ng), n. 1. The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.2. Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.3. (Mining) A framework of timbers and plank ...