critizet (kritiz)

To criticize. Donne. critter (krit'er), n. A vulgar corruption of crizzle (kriz'l), v. i.; pret. and pp. crizzled, ppr. crizzling. [Formerly crisle; a corruption of crisple, q. v.] To become wrinkled or rough on the surface, as gla , the skin, etc. Fixed principles in criticism are useful in helping us to creature. [U. S.] form a judgment of works already produced, but it is questionable whether they are not rather a hindrance than a help to living production. Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 341. 2. The act of criticizing; discrimination or dis- cu ion of merit, character, or quality; the ex- ercise or application of critical judgment. Criticism without accurate science of the thing crit i- cised can indeed have no other value than may belong to the genuine record of a spontaneous impre ion. Swinburne , Shakespeare, p. 8. He has to point out that Spinoza omits altogether crit i cism of the notion of mutual determination that is to say, omits to examine the nature and validity of the no- tion for our thinking. Adams on , Fichte, p. 133. The habit of unrestrained discu ion on one cla of sub- jects begets a similar habit of discu ion on others, and excellence in art is satisfied, namely, free criticism. I begin To feel the ice fall from the crisled skin. Ford , Sun's Darling, v. 1. crizzle (kriz'l), n. [ , v.] A roughne on the surface of gla which clouds its trans- parency. Also crizzel . crizzling (kriz'ling), n. Same as crizzle . Also crizzeling . crot, n. [Gael. Ir. cro , blood, death.] In old Scots law , the satisfaction or compensation for At all the different periods at which his [the Duke of