Webster's Dictionary 1913

9505

Crookback (2)

Crook″back′, a. Hunched. Shak.

9506

Crookbill

Crook″bill′ (–b?l′), n.(Zoöl) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.

9507

Crooked

Crook″ed (kr??k″?d), a. 1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. “Crooked paths.” Locke.he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere.Shak....

9508

Crookedly

Crook″ed‐ly, adv. In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.

9509

Crookedness

Crook″ed‐ness, n. The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

9510

Crooken

Crook″en (kr??k″'n), v. t. To make crooked.

9511

Crookes space

Crookes space (kro͝oks). [After Sir William Crookes, English chemist, who first described it.] (Physics) The dark space within the negative-pole glow at the cathode of a vacuum ...

9512

Crookes tube

Crookes″ tube′ (kr??ks″ t?b′). (Phys.) A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; — so called fr...

9513

Crookneck

Crook″neck′ (?), n. Either of two varieties of squash, distinguished by their tapering, recurved necks. The summer crookneck is botanically a variety of the pumpkin (Cucurbita p...

9514

Croon

Croon (kro͞on), v. i. [OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to moan. √24.] 1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain. Jamieson.2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to mu...

9515

Croon (2)

Croon, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crooned (kro͞ond); p. pr. & vb. n.Crooning.] 1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise.C. Bronté...

9516

Croon (3)

Croon, n. 1. A low, continued moan; a murmur.2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.

9517

Crop

Crop (krŏp), n. [OE. crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant, harvest, AS. crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin to D. krop craw, G. kropf, Icel. kroppr hump or bunch on t...

9518

Crop (2)

Crop, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cropped (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb. n.Cropping.] 1. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.I will crop off ...

9519

Crop (3)

Crop, v. i. To yield harvest.To crop out. (a) (Geol.) To appear above the surface, as a seam or vein, or inclined bed, as of coal. (b) To come to light; to be manifest; to appea...

9520

Crop-ear

Crop″–ear′ (kr?p″?r′), n. A person or animal whose ears are cropped.

9521

Crop-eared

Crop″–eared′ (kr?p″?rd′), a. Having the ears cropped.

9522

Crop-tailed

Crop″–tailed′ (–t?ld′), a. Having the tail cropped.

9523

Cropful

Crop″ful (–f?l), a. Having a full crop or belly; satiated. Milton.

9524

Cropper

Crop″per (krŏp″pẽr), n. 1. One that crops.2. A variety of pigeon with a large crop; a pouter.3. (Mech.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for fac...

9525

Cropsick

Crop″sick′ (kr?″s?k′), a. Sick from excess in eating or drinking. “Cropsick drunkards.” Tate. — Crop″sick′ness, n.Whitlock.

9526

Croquante

‖Cro′quante″ (?), n. A brittle cake or other crisp pastry.

9527

Croquet

Cro‐quet″ (kr?–k?″), n. [From French; cf. Walloon croque blow, fillip. F. croquet a crisp biscuit, croquer to crunch, fr. croc a crackling sound, of imitative origin. Croquet th...

9528

Croquet (2)

Cro‐quet″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Croqueted (–k?d); p. pr. & vb. n.Croqueting (–k?″?ng).] In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contac...

9529

Croquette

‖Cro‐quette″ (kr?–k?t″), n. [F., fr. croquer to crunch.] (Cookery) A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highly seasoned, and fried.

9530

Crore

Crore (krōr), n. [Hind. karoṛ, Skr. koṭi.] Ten millions; as, a crore of rupees (which is nearly $5,000,000). Malcolm.

9531

Crosier

Cro″sier (kr?″zh?r), n. [OE. rocer, croser, croyser, fr. croce crosier, OF. croce, croche, F. crosse, fr. LL. crocea, crocia, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F. croc ho...