Crack

krak, v. t. [cracked (krakt), crackixg.] To con or break without entire separation of the parts; to fi ure; to rend with grief or pain, distre , disorder, derange; to cause to sound abruptly and sharply; to To hide snap; to utter smartly and sententiously; to cry up, extol. — v. i. To be fractured without quite separating; to go to pieces, be ruined or impaired; to utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound. — n. A partial keep separation of parts, etc.; a chink; crevice; a sound as of anything suddenly rent; crazine of intellect. — a. Of superior excellence.— Crack '-brained, lid"; con- -brand, a. Impaired in intellect. — Crack'er, n. One (Huntwho, or that which, cracks; a small firework, exgame. ploding with a sharp noise; a kind of hard biscuit for Crackle, krak'l, v. i. To make slight cracks, or small, abrupt, snapping noises, frequently repeated. a. — Crack'le, Crack'lin, n. A kind of china, having the glaze or enamel apparently cracked in all direc- — n tions. — Crack'ling, n. Small, abrupt cracks or reports; rind of roasted pork. [OF.]