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Show CR IGR Tt s not to be expeéted that every one fhoul o impofe bein fro underftandin guard hi th o mof int creep whic fophiftr by th Locke ‘books of argument t faw t fervilit wit 8. To behav bend The were us'd to bend d f e C a} l o T ' { z f k ) S a? a? lr !; fx g ‘@ An iron ufed to {lide along the grate i kitchens 3. A kind of patten or clog worn by wo~men . /. [creep and hole. . CREE'PHOLE ma ‘1. A hole into which any anima - creep to efcape danger 2. A fubterfuge; an excufe CrEE'PINGLY. adv. [ fro ereeping. The joy, which wrought into Pygmalion' _mind, was even fuch as, by each degiee of Zel mane's words, crecpingly entered into Philoclea's "CREE'PLE. 7. [ [from creep. Sidney A lam perfon; a cripple She to whom this world muft itfelf refe ~As fuburbs or the microcofm of her ~ She, fhe is dead, fhe's dead when thou know'f this Thot know't how lame a creeple this world is Donre ‘CREMA'TION. . /. [crematio, Latin.] ' burning "GRE'MOR. n. /. [Latin.] A milky fubftance ; a foft liquor refembling cream The food is {wallowed into the ftomach, where mingled with diffolvent juices chyle or cremor CRE'NATED " Notched adj it is reduced into Ray [from .crena, Latin. indented The cells are prettily crenated, or notched, quit round the edges; but not ftraited down to an . depth Woodward o A Cre‘Pane. z [ [ With farriers. ulcer feated in the midft of the forepar Farrier's Dit of the foot ~ 90 CRE'PITATE . [crepito, Latin. To make a fmall crackling noife . CrepiTa'riON. 2. /. [from crepitate.] - fmall crackling noife - CRrE‘PT. particip. [from creep. - There are certain men crept in unawares. Fude This fair vine, but that her arms furroun Her married elm, had crept along the ground. Pope CREPU'SCULE. #. /. [crepufeulum, Lat. Twilight Dié "CrePU'scuLovus. adj. [crepufcnlum, Lat. Glimmering; in a ftate between ligh - ‘and darknefs A clofe apprehenfion of the one, might perhap afford a glimmering light and crepufeulons glanc of the other Brown The beginnings of philofophy were in a crepufculous obfcurity, and itis yet fcarce paft the dawn CRE'SCENT Glanwille's Scepfis adj. [from crefco, Latin. Increafing; growing; in a ftat of increafe I have feen him in Britain: he wa erefeent note The realm of Aladule, in his retreat Milton Jove in dufky clouds involves the fkies And the faint crefeent thoots by fits before thei eyes Dryden And two fair crefeents of tranflucent hor The brows of all their young increafe adorn Pope's Ody/fey Cre'sc1vEe. adj. [from crefeco, Latin.] Increafing ; growing So the prince obfcur'd his contemplatio Under the veil of wildnefs, which no doub Grew, like the fummer grafs, fafteft by night Unfeen, yet crefcive in his faculty Shak. H. V Cress. ., /. [perhaps from crefeo, it bein a quick grower ; nafurtium, Lat. ~ Slowly ; after the manner of a reptile CRE'SCENT. 7. [, [crefeens, Lat.] 'Th moon in her ftate of increafe; any fimilitude of the moon increafing Or Ba&rian fophy, from the horn Of Turkifh crefcent, leaves all wafte beyon as they us'd to cre Plants that put forth their fap haftily, hav bodies not proportionable to their length; there_ fore they are winders or creepers, as ivy, briony Bacon « and woodbine Milr Says it will come to th' full, Shak. Ant. and Cleop 3. A plant that fupports itfelf by means o fome ftronger body Aftarte, queen of heaven, with crefeent horns My pow'r's a crefeent, and my auguring hop p e c r [ / 7 E e r C Cre'sTED With thefe in troo Came Aftoreth, whom the Phenicians calP e l h A t e t r f b e i { ‘To fend tsl:e bl CR1 the of Shakefpeare's Cymbelin A herb Its flower confifts of four leaves, placed in for ofa crofs: the pointal arifes from the centre o the flower-cup, and becomes a roundifh fmoot fruit, divided int two cells, and furnifthe feeds, generally fmooth wit Miller His court, with nettles and with creffes ftor'd With foups unbought, and fallads, bleft his board Pope Cre'sseT. n. f. [croiffette, Fr. becauf beacons had crofles anciently on thei tops.] A great light {fet upon a beacon light-houfe, or watch-tower Hanmer They flill raife armies in Scotland b carrying about the fire-crofs At my nativit The front of heav'n was full of fiery fparks Of burning creffets Shakefpeare's Henry IV From the arched roof Pendent by fubtle magick, many a ro Of ftarry lamps, and blazing crefféts, fe CREST. #. [. [criffa, Latin. 1. The plume of feathers on the top of th ancient helmet; the helmet fhewn upon our creffs to-day Hath taught us how to cherifh fuch high deeds Ev'n in the bofom of our adverfaries Shakefpeare's Henry IV 2. 'The comb of a cock : whence Milto calls him creffed Walk' Others on groun firm ; the crefled cock, whofe clario found The filent hours Miltor's Paradife Loft 3. The ornament of the helme raldry in he Of what efteem crefts were, in the time of kin Edward the Third's reign, may appear by his giving an eagle, which he himfelf had formerly born for a creff to William Montacute, earl of Salifbury Camden's Remains The horn It was a creff ere thou waft born Thy father's father wore it Shaks s you like it Their crefls divide And, tow'ring o'er his head, in triumph ride Dryden's Virgil of mien fire ; courage ; loftinef When-harfes fhould endure the bloody fpur They fall their creffs Latin. 1. Adorned with a plume or creft Shakefpeare eriffatus The bold Afcalonite Then grov'ling foil'd their creffed helmets in th duft Milton At this, for new replies he did not ftay But lac'd his ¢creffed helm, and ftrode away. Dryd 2. Wearing a comb The crefted bird fhall by experience know Jove made not him his mafter-piece below. Dryd CREST-FALLEN. adj. [creff and fall. Deje&ted ; funk; difpirited; cowed heartlefs; fpiritlefs I warrant you, they would whip me with thei fine wits, till I were as creft-fallen as a dried pear Shakefpeare's Merry Wives of Windfor They prolate their words in a whining kind o querulous tone, as if they were ftill complainin and creft-fallen Hoawell CrEe'sTLESS. adj, [from cref.] Not dignified with coat-armour ; not of an eminent family His grandfather was Lionel duke of Clarence Third fon to the third Edward king of England Sprung creftlefs yeomen from fo deep a root. Shak CRETA'CEQUS adj. [ creta, chalk, Lat. 1. Having the qualities of chalk ; chalky ‘What gives the light, feems hard to fay; whether it be the cretacecus falt, the nitrous falt, o fome igneous particles Grew 2. Abounding with chalk Nor from the fable ground expeét fuccefs Nor from cretaceous, ftubborn and jejune. Philips CrETA'TED. adj. [cretatus, Latin.] Rubbed with chalk Dic CRrRE'VICE. 7. /. [from crever, Fr. crepare Latin, to burft. a narrow opening A crack; a cleft 1 pried me through the crewice of a wall When for his hand he had his two fons heads Shakefpeare T thought it no breach of good-manners to pee at a crevice, and look in at people fo well em Zo CrE'viCE Addifon's Spectator w. @. [ fro the noun. To crack ; to flaw So laid, they are more apt in fwagging down t pierce with their points, than in the jacent pofture and fo to crevice the wall. . Wotton's Architeéiure CREW. . /. [probably from cpub, Sax. i. A company of people aflociated for an purpofe : as gallant crean, for troops Chevy-chafe There a noble cre Of lords and ladies ftood on every fide Whic with their prefence fair the place muc beautified Spenfer 2. The company of a fhip The anchors dropp'd, his creww the veffels moor Dryden' s ABneid 3. It is now generally ufed in a bad fenfe One of the banifh'd crexw I fear, hath ventur'd from the deep, to raif New troubles Milton's Paradife Loff He, with a crezv, whom like ambition join ‘With him, or under him to tyrannize Marching from Eden tow'rds the weft, fall fin The plain 4. Any tuft or ornament on the head ; a fome which the poets affign to ferpents 5. Pride ; fpirit cref ployed With naphtha and afphaltus, yielded ligh As from a fky Milton's Paradife Lof? His valour 0d). [ fro Dilton's Pazadife Loff The laft was he, whofe thunder fle Th Titan race, a rebel creav CrEw. [the preterite of crow. .fiYJJ":'lj Yil ‘The cock crezw CRE‘WEL . f. [#leavel, Dutch. Bible Yar twitted, and wound on a knot or ball Take filk or crewel, gold or filver thread, an make thefe faft at the bent of the hook CRIB. #. /. [enybbe, 953K 1. The rack ar manger of a fiable |