Crawford, William

HENRY, an American statesman, and noted duellist, born in Elbert co., Georgia, 1772. Admitted to the bar in 1798, he was elected U. States Senator in 1807, and was Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825. D. 1834. Crawford, in Alabama, a post-village, cap. of Ru ell co., 72 m. E. of Montgomery. Crawford, in Arkansas , a W. co., bordering on the country of the Cherokee Nation. Area , 585 sq. m. It is traversed by the Arkansas River, Frog Bayou, and Lee's Creek. The surface is mountainous. Coal and other minerals are found. Cap . Van Buren. Pop . (1890) 21,800. Crawford, in Georgia , a W. central co.; area , abt. 289 The Flint river bounds it on the S. W., as does sq. m. the Echaconnee creek on the N. E.; it is also drained by Spring and Walnut creeks. The surface is generally broken, and the soil moderately fertile. Cap . Knoxville. Pop . (1890) 9,400. -A district of Harris co. -A post-office of Ogle thorpe co. Crawford, in Illinois , an E. S. E. co., bordering on In- diana. Area , about 420 sq. m. It is bounded on tho E. by the Wabash, and it is drained by the Embarras river and other smaller streams. The surface is generally prairie land, and the soil good. Cap . Robinson. Pop. (1890) 17,192. -А post-office of Gall at in county. Crawford, in Iowa , a W. co.; area, 600 sq. m. The Boyer and Soldier rivers, affluents of the Mi ouri, tra- verse it. Cap . Denison. Pop . (1890) 18,900. -A township of Madison county. -A township of Pottawattomie county. -A township of Washington county. Crawford, in Michigan , a N. co. of the southern pen- insula; area, 620 sq. m. It is bounded on the N. by Otsego co., S. by Roscommon co., E. by Oscoda co., W. by Kalcaska co., and drained by the head-waters of the Au Sable river. Pop . (1894) 2,710. -A post-office of Isabella county. Crawford, in Indiana , a S. co., bordering on Kentucky. Area, about 280 sq. m. The Ohio river drains its S. border, and it is traversed by the Blue river. The surface is broken, and the soil rather poor, Coal and iron are the most valuable minerals. Cap . Leaven worth. Pop . (1890) 13,935, energy of; to put in disorder. "Till... sedentary numbne craze my limbs." - Milton . Crawford, in Mi ouri , a S. E. central county; area , about 600 sq. m. It is intersected by the Maramee river _ To crack the brain, or shatter the faculties of; to impair Crawford, in New York , a village and township of Orange co., 20 m. W. of Newburg. Crawford, in Ohio , a N. central county; area , about The head-waters of the Sandusky and Olen- -A village of Crawford co., abt. 70 m. N. of Columbus. -A post-village and township of Wyandot co., 10 m. N. N. E. of Upper Sandusky. Crawford, in Pennsylvania , a N. W. county, bordering on Ohio; area , 975 sq. m. The surface is undulating and the soil better adapted to grazing than to tillage. Rivers. Unimportant, but numerous creeks. Min . Iron ore and lime marl very abundant. Prod . Petroleum, lumber, butter, Indian corn, potatoes, . Cap . Mead- ville. Pop . (1890) 65,400. Crawford, in Wisconsin , a S.W. county, bordering on the Mi i ippi river, which separates it from Iowa. Area , 612 sq. m. The Wisconsin bounds it on the S. E. It is also drained by the Kickapoo river. Surface , hilly. Cap. Prairie-du-Chien. Pop . (1890) 16,000. Crawford House, in New Hampshire , a post-office of Coos co. Crawford's Fork, in Mo. , a former P. O. of Ca co. Crawford's Mill, in low a , a village of Henry co., on the Skunk river, about 37 m. W. N.W. of Burlington. Crawfordsville, in Indiana , a city, the capital of Montgomery co. It is finely situated on the banks of Sugar creek, and is the seat of Wabash College. It has numerous manufacturing industries, and is a fine trad- ing center. Pop . (1897) about 9,000. Crawfordsville, in Iowa , a post-village of Wash- ington co., about 35 m. S. of Iowa City. Crawfordsville, in Kansas , formerly the capital of Crawford co. Crawfordsville, in S. Carolina , a former post-office of Spartan burg co. -n. Act or movement of crawling; as, the crawl of an alligator. Crawl, n. A spawning enclosure for fish. Crawl'er, n. He who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile; a louse. Cray, Cray'er, n. ( Naut .) A ve el employed in fishing. Cray'-fish, n. ( Zool .) See CRAW-FISH. Crayne/ville, in Ky . , a post-office of Crittenden co. Cray'on, in Ohio , a post-office of Champaign co. Crayon, ( kra'un ,) n. [Fr., from craie , chalk.] The name of a pencil of any kind in France, but applied more par- ticularly in this country, as in England, to pieces of char- coal, and black, white, and red chalk, of a convenient size and shape, which are used for drawing on various -n. State of crazine ; mental derangement. -A ruling propensity or pa ion; as, bibliomania is his Crazed ne , n. A broken state; decrepitude; an im- paired condition of the intellect. Craze/-mill, Craz'ing-mill, n. (Mining.) In Cornwall, Eng., a mill for crushing tin-ores. Cra'zily, adv . In a broken, confused, or crazy manner. Crazine , n. State of being broken, impaired, or weakened; as, the crazine of an old ship. -State of being broken in mind; imbecility, or weakne of intellect; derangement. Crazy, a. [Fr. écrasé .] Broken; decrepit; weak; fee- ble; impaired in body. "Physic can but mend our crazy state." - Dryden. Imbecile, or disordered in intellect; deranged. Crea'gerstown, in Maryland , a post-village of Fred- erick co., about 12 m. N. by E. of Frederick. Creak, v . n . [Fr. craquer ; W. crec , a sharp noise; formed from the sound.] To make a sharp, harsh, grating sound, of some continuance, as by the friction of hard sub- stances; as, a creaking door, creaking boots, . "The creaking locusts with my voice conspire." - Dryden. -v. a. To make a creaking noise with.