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Thrale, Aug. 12, 1773. 2. Acro ; transversely: absolutely or followed by to before an object: as, the timbers were laid cro wise; the woof runs cro wise to the warp.-3. Figuratively, contrary to desire; at cro -purposes; against the grain: as, everything goes cro wise to-day. In last two senses also cro ways. cro wort (krôs'wėrt), n. A name of plants of various genera, particularly Galium cruciatum (see Galium ), Eupatorium per folia tum (more commonly called boneset), Lysimachia quadri folia , and plants of the genus Crucian ell a . crotal (krōtal), n. [ crotalum .] A jingling ornament formerly used in clerical vestments. See crotalum . crotala, n. Plural of crotalum . Crotalaria (krō-ta-lā'ri-ä), n . [NL. (so called because the seeds rattle in the pod if shaken), Leguminosa , containing several hundred known species; rattle wort. The species are all natives of warm climates, but have been long cultivated in hothouses. A kind of hemp is made from the inner bark of C. juncea , which is called sunn-hemp, etc. (see sunn ); other species yield useful fibers. The rattlebox, C. sagittal is , is a common species of the eastern United States. IMG:content-1689.png:[blocks in formation] Crotalidæ (krō-tal'i-dē), n . pl. [NL., Crotal us +-idæ.] A family of venomous serpents, of the group Sole no glyph a of the order Ophidia , having a dilatable mouth with perforated poison-fangs, and poison-glands, and differing from Viperidæ chiefly in having a deep pit on each side of the head between the eye and the nos tril, whence they are also called Bothrophera ; the rattlesnake family: so called from the crepi taculum or rattle with which the tail ends in many of the species. The family contains most of the venomous serpents of the warmer parts of Asia and America, such as the rattlesnakes, moccasins, copperheads, bush masters, etc., of the genera Crotal us , Trigonocephalus , Bothrops , Cenchris , Trim eres urus , Craspedocephalus , etc. crotal i form (krō-tal'i-fôrm), a . [ form a , shape.] Resembling or related to the rattlesnake; sole no glyph; vi peroid: specifically said of venomous serpents, as of the family Crotalidæ , in distinction from cobriform. The crotal i form serpents are the Soleno glyph a , including the families Causidæ , A tract asp i didæ , Viperidæ , and Crotalidæ . Crotal inæ (krō-ta-līnē), n . pl. [NL., Crota lus + -inæ.] A subfamily of Crotalidæ , containing the rattlesnakes, characterized by having the tail ending in a rattle or crepitaculum. See Crotalidæ and rattlesnake . crotaline (krō'ta-lin), a . [ Crotal us + -ine1 .] Having a rattle, as a rattlesnake; specifically, pertaining to or having the characters of the Crotal in a or Crotalidæ . The venom of the crotaline snakes can be subjected to the temperature of the boiling of water without completely losing its poisonous power.