Crinite

[Lat. crinitus, from crinio, from crinis, hair.] Having the appearance of hair; like a tuft of hair. ( Bot .) Bearded with long hairs. Crinkle, ( kring'kl ,) v. n . [D. krinkelen ; allied to crankle and crank, q. v.] To run in and out with short turns, flexures, or bends; to bend; to wrinkle; to deflect. "Unle some sweetne at the bottom lie, Who cares for all the crinkling of the pie?"-King. -v. a. To form with short turns or wrinkles; to mould into sinuosities, or unequal surfaces. "Like red-hot devils crinkled into snakes." - E. B. Browning. --n. A winding, turn, or bend; a wrinkle; a sinuosity. Cri'no, n.; pl . CRINONES. [Lat. crinis ; It. crine, crino, hair.] ( Med . ) A cuticular disease, supposed to arise from the insinuation of a hair - worm under the skin of infants. Cri'noid, Crinoid'ean, n. (Zool.) One of the genus Crinoidea, q. v. critical period of time; time when anything is at its height, or maximum effect; acme; juncture; conjuncture; decisive moment; turning-point of anything. "In the very crisis of the late rebellion." - Add is on. ( Med .) A name applied to the decisive period or event of a disease a sudden and considerable change of any kind, occurring in the course of its progre , and pro- ducing an influence upon its character. Among ancient physicians, it was applied to that tendency which fevers were supposed to po e , of undergoing a sudden change at particular periods of their progre . Hence, there were what were called critical days-certain days in the progre of an acute disease on which a sudden change, either favorable or unfavorable, would take place. The seventh, fourteenth, and twentieth or twenty- first days, were regarded as eminently critical. Little importance is now attached by medical men to critical days. Crisp, a. [0. Ger. crisp ; Lat. crisp us; O. Fr. crespe; It. crespa ; W.crisbin.] Formed into curls or ringlets. "The Ethiopian black, flat-nosed, and crisp -haired."- Hale. -Brittle; friable; easily broken or crumbled; as, a crisp pie-crust. - Indented; sinuous; winding; as, a "crisp channel." - Shaks .