Webster's Dictionary 1913

9343

Criminalness

Crim″i‐nal‐ness, n. Criminality.

9344

Criminate

Crim″i‐nate (kr�m″�–n�t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Criminated (–n�′t�d); p. pr. & vb. n.Criminating (–n�″t�ng).] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crime...

9345

Crimination

Crim′i‐na″tion (kr?m′?–n?″sh?n), n. [L. criminatio.] The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties.Macaulay.

9346

Criminative

Crim″i‐na‐tive (kr?m″?–n?–t?v), a. Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. R. North.

9347

Criminatory

Crim″i‐na‐to‐ry (–t?–r?), a. Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience.

9348

Criminology

Crim′i‐nol″o‐gy (–n?l″?–j?), n. [L. crimen, crimenis, crime + -logy.] A treatise on crime or the criminal population. — Crim′i‐nol″o‐gist (–j�st), n.

9349

Criminous

Crim″i‐nous (kr?m″?–n?s), a. [L. criminosus, fr. crimen. See Crime.] Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous. Holland.— Crim″i‐nous‐ly, adv. — Cri...

9350

Crimosin

Crim″o‐sin (kr?m″?–z?n), n. See Crimson.

9351

Crimp

Crimp (krĭmp), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crimped (krĭmt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n.Crimping.] [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See Cramp.] 1...

9352

Crimp (2)

Crimp, a. 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.Now the fowler... treads the crimp earth.J. Philips.2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.The evidence is crimp; the witnesses swea...

9353

Crimp (3)

Crimp, n. 1. A coal broker. De Foe.2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. Marryat.3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants ar...

9354

Crimp (4)

Crimp, v. t.(Firearms) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge.

9355

Crimpage

Crimp″age (–?j), n. The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.

9356

Crimper

Crimp″er (–ãr), n. One who, or that which, crimps; as: (a) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape. (b) A device for gi...

9357

Crimple

Crim″ple (kr?m″p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crimpled (–p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Crimpling (–pl?ng).] [Dim. of crimp, v. t.] To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. W...

9358

Crimpy

Crimp″y (kr?mp″?), a. Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.

9359

Crimson

Crim″son (krĭm″z'n), n. [OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. kṛmija produced by a wo...

9360

Crimson (2)

Crim″son, a. Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. “A crimson tide.” Mrs. Hemans.The blushing poppy with a crimson hue.Prior.

9361

Crimson (3)

Crim″son, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crimsoned (–z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Crimsoning.] To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe.Shak.

9362

Crimson (4)

Crim″son, v. t. To become crimson; to blush.Ancient towers... beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning.De Quincey.

9363

Crinal

Cri″nal (krī″nal), a. [L. crinalis, fr. crinis the hair.] Of or pertaining to the hair. Blount.

9364

Crinated

Cri″na‐ted (krī″nā̍‐tĕd), a. Having hair; hairy.

9365

Crinatory

Cri″na‐to‐ry (kr?″n?–t?–r?), a. Crinitory. Craig.

9366

Crincum

Crin″cum (kr?n″k?m), n. [Cf. Crinkle.] A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey. Hudibras.

9367

Crincum-crancum

Crin″cum–cran″cum (kr?n″k?m–kr?n″k?m), n. A twist; a whimsey or whim.

9368

Crined

Crined (krīnd), a. [L. crinis hair.] (Her.) Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body; as, a charge crined of a red tincture.

9369

Crinel

{ Cri″nel (kr?″nEl), Cri″net (kr?″n?t), } n. [L. crinis hair.] A very fine, hairlike feather. Booth.