cripple

t. & i. [CRIPPLE, 8.] A. Transitive : 1. Lit .: To make lame; to deprive of the use of He had crippled the joints of the noble child." Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel , iii. 18. 2. Fig .: To disable; to deprive of the power of moving or exerting one's self." "He crepeth cripe lande forth."- Bestiary , 130. crip'-pled, pa . par . or a. [CRIPPLE, v.] A. As pa. par.: (See the verb.) IMG:content-1338.png:[blocks in formation] I. Ord. Lang.: A decisive or turning-point in any to its height. "Free in his will to choose or to refuse, Man may improve the crisis or abuse." II. Technically : Cowper: The Progre of Error , 25-26. 1. Polit.: The point of time when affairs are in such a state that the fate of a ministry depends on the i ue. ". the probability of an alarming crisis."Macaulay. Hist. Eng., ch. xxiv. 2. Medical: (1) The point when a disease is at its height, the turning-point of a disease, the time when what may be called the powers of life and the powers of death decisively struggle against each other in a disease, recovery or a fatal i ue speedily following as the one or the other combatant prevails. The period of crisis is not the same in every disease; in some maladies it is so regular that it can be determined beforehand. (2) The symptoms which attend such a period of IMG:content-1339.png:[blocks in formation] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: *1. Curled, curly. "Bulls are more crisp on the head than cows."-- Bacon. *2. Winding, twisting, crooked, indented. "You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the winding brooks, With your sedged crowns, and ever-harmle looks, Leave your crisp channels, Shakesp.: Tempest , iv. 1. 3. Brittle, friable; breaking off short and clean. "The cakes at tea ate short and crisp."-Goldsmith: Vicar of Wake field , ch. xvi. 4. Fresh-looking; having a fresh appearance. IMG:content-1340.png:[blocks in formation] "It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years." IMG:content-1341.png:[blocks in formation] sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-1342.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]