crinital

[Eng. crinit (e); -al.] Hairy; as applied to a star, having a tail or train. "He the star crinital adoreth." Stanyhurst: Eneid , ii. 726. cri'-nite, a . [ Lat.crinitus =hairy; crinis =hair.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit .: Hairy. 2. Fig .: Having a tail or train of light like a tuft of hair. "How comate, crinite , caudate stars are form'd." Fairfax: Ta . xiv. 44. II. Bot .: Bearded; covered with hair in small tufts.