crenella

[Latinized dim in. of O. Fr. crenel So named from having its hinge-margin crenulated behind the ligament.] Zool .: A sub-genus of Modiola (Horse-muscle). IMG:content-1305.png:[blocks in formation] OH partly ornamented with radiating str iæ; interior brilliantly nacreous. The species occur from low water to forty fathoms deep, spinning a nest or hiding among the roots of sea-weeds and corallines. Twenty-four species are known from Britain, Nova Zembla, New Zealand, . Twelve fo il species have been found, the latter from the Upper Greensand onward. tcre'-něl-lāte, v. t. [Mod. Lat. crenel lat us, from O. Fr. crenel.] [CRENEL.] Fort . ( of a parapet or breast - work ): To furnish with crenelles or indentations for the garrison to fire through. cre-něl-lā-těd, cre-něl-ā-těd, pa . par . or a. [Eng. crenel lat ( e ); -ed .] 1. Arch .: Embattled; furnished with crenelles or crenellated moldings. the machicolated and crenelated walls of the cathedral close,."-Kemble: Saxons in Eng., bk. ii., ch. 7. IMG:content-1306.png:[blocks in formation] boiling. It forms with acetic anhydride an acetate, which by oxidation with pota ium permanganate, and saponification with potash, yields vanilinic acid. cre-pançe, cre'-pāne, s. [Lat. crepans, pr. par. of crepo =to burst.] Farr.: An ulcer seated in the forepart of a horse's foot; a wound in one of the hind feet caused by the shoe of the other striking and cutting it.