Craonne (krä-on')

A village in the depart ment of Aisne, France, 13 miles southeast of Laon. Here, March 7, 1814, Napoleon checked the allied army under Blücher and Wintzin gerode. Crapaud (krä-pō'), Jean or Johnny. [F. cra paud , toad.] A nickname for a French man. Crashaw (krash'a), Richard. Born at London, 1616 (1612, Grosart): died 1649. An English poet. He was educated at Charter House and at Cambridge, where in 1637 he became a fellow of Peter house. He was, however, deprived of his fellowship for not taking the covenant in 1644, and was driven out of the country. He went to Rome, having joined the Roman Church. A canonry at Loretto was procured for him in 1649. There were suspicions that he was poisoned. He belonged to the anti-Puritan school which included Herrick, Carew, and Herbert. His secular and religious poems were collected and published as "Steps to the Temple" and "The Delights of the Muses" in 1646. His latest religious poems were published in 1652 and called "Carmen Deo Nostro."