cray3t (kra)

[ With mysfedynge [the hawk) shall haue the Fronse, the Rye, the Cray, and many other sykne es that bring theym to the Sowse. Julian a Berners, Treatyse of Fy hynge wyth an Angle, [fol. 2. See crare. cravert, n. crayfish, ". See crawfish . crayon (kra'on), n. and a . [F. crayon , craie , chalk, L. creta , chalk: see cretaceous .] I. n. 1. A pencil-shaped piece of colored clay, chalk, or charcoal, used for drawing upon paper. Crayons are made from certain mineral substances in their natural state, such as red or black chalk, but they are more commonly manufactured from a fine paste of chalk or pipeclay colored with various pigments, and consolidated by means of gum, wax, soap, etc. Crayons vary in hardne . The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-1570.png:[blocks in formation] A quiet craze touching everything that pertains to Na- pole on the Great and the Napoleonic legend. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XLII. 284. crazed (krāzd), p . a . [Pp. of craze , v.] 1. Bro- ken down; impaired; decrepit. [Obsolete or poetical.] O! they had all been saved, but crazed eld Annull'd my vigorous cravings. creablet (krē'a-bl), a . [= F. créable Sp. cre- able , creabilis , creare , create: see create .] That may be created. Watts . creach, creagh (krāch), n . [ creach , plun- der, pillage.] A Highland foray; a plunder- ing excursion; a raid. Creadion (krē-ad'i-on), n. [NL. (Vieillot, 1816); also Creadium and erroneousl erroneously Creadio ; He soon afterwards composed that discourse conform- ably to the plan which he had crayoned out. Malone , Sir J. Reynolds, note. crayon-drawing (krā'on-dra"ing), n. The act or art of drawing with crayons. crayonist (kra'on-ist), n . [ crayon + -ist .] One who draws or sketches with crayons. The charming crayonists of the eighteenth century. Littell's Living Age , CLXI. 73. IMG:content-1571.png:[blocks in formation] dislike and discontentment at things present,. imagine that any thing. would help them; but that most, which they least have tried. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, Pref. craze-millt, crazing-millt (krāz'-, krā'zing- mil), n. A mill for crushing tin ore; a crush- ing-mill. [Cornwall.] The tin ore pa eth to the crazing - mill , which, between two grinding-stones, bruiseth it to a fine sand. R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall. crazily (krāʼzi-li), adv . In a broken or crazy crazine (krāʼzi-nes), n . 11. The state of be- From an old, foolish, peevish, doting man But crazine of age? Ford , Broken Heart, v. 3. There is no crasine e we feel, that is not a record of God's having been offended by our nature. 2. The state of being mentally impaired; weak- ne or disorder of the intellect; insanity. It is a curious fact that most of the great reformers in history have been accounted by the men of their time crazy, and perhaps even more curious that their very cra- zine seems to have given them their great force. Stillé , Stud. Med. Hist., p. 344. Keats , Endymion, iv. =Syn. Madne , Delirium , etc. See insanity. For my tortured brain begins to craze , Be thou my nurse. Leave help to God, as I am forced to do! There is no other course, or we should craze , Seeing such evil with no human cure. The wyndowes wel yglased Ful clere, and nat an hole ycrased . Chaucer , Death of Blanche, 1. 324. The fine Christ all is sooner crased then the hard Marble. Lyly, Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 39. God looking forth will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot-wheels. The gla e once crased , will with the least clappe be cracked. Lyly, Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 58. The title's craz'd , the tenure is not good, That claims by th' evidence of flesh and blood. Can craze my health that not a ails yours first. Beau. and Fl . (?), Faithful Friends, ii, 3. IMG:content-1572.png:[blocks in formation] crazing (krā'zing), n. [ crasynge ; verbal n. of craze , v.] 1. A cracking; a chink or rift. The crasyng of the wall is was stoppid. Wyclif, 2 Chron. xxiv. 13 (Purv.). He schal entre into chynnis [chines] ethir [or] crasynges of stoonys. Wyclif , Isa. ii. 21 (Purv.). 2. In pottery , a separating of the glaze from the body, forming blisters which are easily broken. This homogeneity [of a hard china body, in porcelain manufacture] prevents any crazing , but the proce is one of much hazard. crazing-millt, n. See craze - mill . crazy (krā'zi), a . [Early mod. E. crasig , crasie; crazed .] 1. Broken; impaired; dilapidated; weak; fee- ble: applied to any structure, but especially to a building or to a boat or a coach: as, a crazy old house or ve el. There arriued with this ship diuers Gentlemen of good fashion, with their wines and families; but many of them crasie by the tediousne e of the voyage. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's True Travels, II. 156. We are mortal, made of clay, Now healthful, now crasie , now sick, now well, Now liue, now dead. Heywood , If you Know not Me, ii. They with difficulty got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. Jeffrey. 2. Broken, weakened, or disordered in intel- lect; deranged; insane; demented. Over moist and crazy brains. S. Butler , Hudibras, III. i. 1323. 3. Caused by or arising from mental derange- ment; marked by or manifesting insanity: as, a crazy speech; crazy actions. No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly long'd for death. Tennyson , Two Voices. Til lots on . crazy-bone (krāʼzi-bōn), n. Same as funny -bone. creak1 (krēk), v . [Early mod. E. also creek , also, as still dial., crick ; creken , make a harsh, grating sound (cf. D. kricken , chirp, kriek , a cricket); an imitative var. of crack : see crack , chark1 , and crick1 , cricket1 .] I. in trans . To make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances: as, the gate creaks on its hinges; creaking shoes. Leath. You cannot bear him down with your base noise, sir. Busy. Nor he me, with his treble creek ing , though he creek like the chariot wheels of Satan. B. Jonson , Bartholomew Fair, v 3. No swinging sign-board creaked from cottage elm To stay his steps with faintne overcome. Words worth, Guilt and Sorrow, xvi. A wagging leaf, a puff, a crack, Yea, the least creak , shall make thee turn thy back. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Lawe. The loath gate swings with rusty creak. cream1 (krēm), n. [ cray me , cresme , prop. creme , F. crème = Pr. Sp. It. crem a = Pg. creme , cremor , thick juice or broth. Not connected with AS. reám , E. ream , cream: see ream2.] 1. The richer and butyraceous part of milk, which, when the milk stands un- agitated in a cool place, rises and forms an oily or viscid scum on the surface; hence, in general, any part of a liquor that separates from the rest, rises, and collects on the surface. By agitating the cream of milk, butter is formed. Blawnche creme , with annys [anise] in confete. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 92. Nor robb'd the farmer of his bowl of cream . Tennyson , Prince , v. 2. Something resembling cream; any liquid or soft paste of the consistency of cream: as, the cream of ale; shaving- cream . But now mark, good people, the cream of the jest. The cream of the day rises with the sun. - Clotted cream, clouted cream. See clot1 . - Cold creamine (krē'mi-nes), n. The state or qual- cream. Seo cold -cream. Cream of lime, the scum of lime-water, or that part of lime which, after being dis- solved in its caustic state, separates from the water in the mild state of chalk or limestone. - Cream of tartar, the scum of a boiling solution of tartar; purified and crystal- lized pota ium bitartrate. Cream of tartar exists in creaming-pan (krē'ming-pan), n. A dairy ves- sel for milk to stand in till the cream rises to the top. Also cream - pan . cream-jug (krem'jug), n. A small jug or pitcher for holding cream at table. cream-laid (krēm ́lad), a . Of a cream color and laid, or bearing linear water-lines as if laid: applied to paper. See laid . Take. a piece of quite smooth, but not shining, note- paper, cream - laid, etc. Ruskin , Elem. of Drawing, p. 24. cream-nut (krēm'nut), n. The nut of Berthol- letia excels a , the Brazil-nut. creamometer (krē-mom'e-tėr), n. [= F. cré- momètre, cream , + L. metrum , a mea- sure.] An instrument used to measure the quantity of cream present in milk. It consists of a hollow graduated gla tube which accurately registers the amount of cream thrown up from a measured quantity of milk within it. The cream is determined by means of the creamometer. Sci . Amer ., July 19, 1884. Same as creaming- cream-pan (krēm'pan), n. pan . cream-pitcher (krēm'pich" ér), n. Same as cream - jug . cream-pot (krem'pot), n. A ve el for holding cream in quantity. cream-slice (krēm's lis), n. 1. A sort of wooden knife with a blade 12 or 14 inches long, used Spenser 8. for skimming cream from milk.-2. A wooden Some wicked beast unware That breakes into her Dayr' house, there doth draine Her creaming pannes. There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle, like a standing pond. Knight. cream-ware (krēm' war), n. Cream-colored china pottery-ware, especially the Wedgwood ware known by that name. See ware . cream-white (krēm'hwit), a. Cream-colored. IMG:content-1573.png:[blocks in formation] cream-wove (krēm'wōv), a. Woven of a cream creamy (krēmi), a. [ To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender curving lines of creamy spray. IMG:content-1574.png:[blocks in formation] Sprang very beauteous from the creant word Which thrilled behind us. Mrs. Browning , Drama of Exile. creasel (krēs), n. [First in early mod. E.; cf. Sc. creis, curl; perhaps of Celtic origin; ef. Bret. kriz , a crease, a wrinkle, kriza , crease, wrinkle, fold; W. crych , a wrinkle, crych , adj., wrinkled, crychu , rumple, ripple, crease. There is prob. no connection with G. kraus , curled, crisp, Sw. krus , a curl, etc.: see crouse.] 1. A line or long thin mark made by folding or dou- bling; hence, a similar mark, however pro- top of a horse's neck. [In the last three senses prov. Eng.] - Gluteofemoral crease. See gluteofem- creasel (krēs), v . t .; pret. and pp. creased , ppr. creasing . [ creasel , n.] 1. To make a line or long thin mark in, as by folding, doubling, or indenting.-2. To indent, as a cartridge-case, for the purpose of confining the charge; crimp. -3. In hunting , to wound by a shot which flat- tens the upper vertebræ, or cuts the muscles of the neck, and stuns, but does not kill. crease2 (kres), v.; pret. and pp. creased , ppr. creasing. [ crescen , by apheresis from encresen, increase: see increase , and cf. cresce.] I. in trans. To increase; grow. As fatter lande wol crece and thrive. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 9. II. trans. To increase; augment. [Now only prov. Eng.] There each trim la , that skims the milky store, To the swart tribes their creamy bowls allots. from encrese , increase: see increase , n., and ef. crease2, v.] Increase; profit. In theyre ocupacion they shoulde have no cres , Knyghthode shoulde nat floure in his estate. ten creaunce, and, esp. in def. 3, criance , cry- creese. ance, criants, crians, creaunce , n . OF. creance , faith, confidence (used also as in def. 3), F. créance = Pr. creansa Sp. creencia IMG:content-1575.png:[blocks in formation] creant1 (kre'ant), a . [ME., also creaunt ( creant ), also and appar. orig, recreant , recreant , tired, faint-hearted, also appar., as in ME., conquered, yielding, recreden (t-)s, ppr. of recredere , refl., to own one's self con- quered, lit. believe again, accept another faith: see recreant , and cf. miscreant . The word creant in ME. was used in the same way as, and was appar. confused in form and sense with, the adj. craven (ME. cravant): see craven, a.] Over- come; conquered; yielding. The thef that had grace of god on Gode Fryday as thow speke, Was, for he zelt hym creaunt to Cryst on the cro e and knew leched hym gulty. Piers Plowman (B), xii. 193. To cry creantt, to cry "(I am) conquered," "I yield." Compare to cry craven, under craven , a. tion of lines on the backs and sides, the lines being afterward covered by a blind roll or blind stamp.-3. An attachment to a sewing-ma- chine for making a crease to serve as a guide for the next row of stitching. creasing (krē'sing), n. [Verbal n. of crease1 , v . ] In arch ., same as tile - creasing . creasing-hammer (krē'sing-ham"èr), n. Aham- mer with a narrow rounded edge, used for making grooves IMG:content-1576.png:[blocks in formation] creat