crutch2+ (kruch)

[A var. of crouch2, crutched (kruch'ed), a. A variant of crouched. Crutched friars. See friar . crutchet (kruch'et), n. [E. dial. (Warwick shire); origin uncertain.) The common perch. crutch-handle (kruch'han"dl), n. A handle, as of a spade, which has a cro piece at the end. crutch-handled (kruch'han dld), a. Having a crutch-handle. cruve, n. See cruive . Cruveilhier's atrophy. See atrophy . crux (kruks), n.; pl. cruxes, cruces (kruk's ez, krö'sēz). [L., a cro : see cro 1, n.] 1. A cro . See phrases below. Specifically-2. [ cap.] The Southern Cro , the most celebrated constellation of the southern heavens. It was erected into a constellation by Royer in 1679, but was often spoken of as a cro before; there even seems to be an obscure allusion to it in Dante. It is situated south of the western part of Centaur us, east of the keel of Argus. It is a small constellation of four chief stars, arranged in the form of a cro . Its brightest star, the southernmost, is of about the first magnitude; the eastern, half a magnitude fainter; the northern, of about the second magnitude; and the western, of the third magnitude and faint. The constellation owes its striking effect to its compre ion, for it subtends only about 6o from north to south and still le from east to west. It looks more like a kite than a cro . All four stars are white except the northernmost, which is of a clear orange-color. It contains a fifth star of the fourth magnitude, which is very red. 3. The cro as an instrument of torture; hence, anything that puzzles or vexes in a high degree; a conundrum. Dear dean, since in cruxes and puns you and I deal, Pray, why is a woman a sieve and a riddle? Sheridan, To Swift. One yet legally unsolved cruz of ritualism is the proper Edinburgh Rev. , CLXIII. 172. preaching vestment. Crux ansata, a cro with a handle; the tau-cro with an additional member at the top in the form of a loop or stirrup. See ankh. Crux commi a. Same as tau cro (which see, under cro 1). Crux dec us sat a. Same as cro of St. Andrew or St. Patrick; a saltier. Crux stell at a, a cro the arms of which end in stars of five or six points.