Crevasse

[Fr., a crevice.] A deep crevice or cleft in the surface of a glacier. - In the U. States, an opening made in the levee of a river. Crêve'cœur. [Fr., heart-breaker.] A Dutch port in the prov. of N. Brabant, on the Meuse, 4 m. N.N.W. of Boisle-Duc. It figured somewhat prominently in the wars of the Dutch and Spaniards. Creve Cœur, in Mi ouri , a P. O. of St. Louis co. Cre'vet, n. A goldsmith's crucible. Crevice, ( krev'is ,) n. [Fr. creva e, from crever; Lat. crepo, to crack, to chink, to break.] A cleft; a fi ure; a chink; a cranny. "1 pried me through the crevice of a wall. "-Shaks. -v. a. To crack; to flaw; as, to crevice a wall. Crevillen'te, a town of Spain, prov. Alicante, 20 miles W.S.W. of Alicante city; pop . 7,825. Cre'vis, n. A cray-fish. (Used locally in England.) Crew, n . [A. S. cread , or cruth . See CROWD.] A crowd; a collected mixed a embly. "A noble crew of lords and ladies." --Spenser. -A company; a band; a gang; - used in a depreciatory The Titan race, a rebel crew."- Add is on. sense. Cre'tan, Crete, Creʼtian, n. ( Geog .) A native of the island of Crete or Candia. Crete. (Vulg. CANDIA.) A large and celebrated island of the Mediterranean, belonging to the Grecian archipelago, of which it forms the S. boundary. It lies between 34° 50 and 35° 55′ N. Lat,, and 23° 40' and 26° 40′ E. Lon., its N.W. extremity being 80 m. S.E. of Cape Mata- pan, in Greece, and its N.E. termination 110 m. S.W. the nearest point of Asia Minor. It is long and narrow, its length from E. to W. being about 160 m., with a breadth varying from 6 to nearly 35 m.; area , 3,200 sq. m. C. is almost covered with mountains; the loftiest of which, as well as the most famous, is Mount Ida (now Psilo- rit i), 7,674 feet high. The climate is very healthy, and its luxuriant vegetation presents a wide and favorable contrast with some of the arid regions of continental - A small habitation; a cottage; a cabin. (Naut.) The company of seamen or sailors belonging to a ve el of whatsoever description; as, to ship a crew . "The anchors dropped, his crew the ve els moor." - Dryden. Crew, imp . of Crow, q . v. Crew'el, n. Yarn twisted, and wound on a knot or ball. "Silk or crewel , gold or silver thread." - Walton .