A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.
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a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub (Viburnum opulus) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
See Craunch.
A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointed steel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc. To dress with a crandall.
To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.
to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap.
A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel.
The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane.
See Krang.
shrimps.
A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.
Of or pertaining to the cranium.
The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery.
An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.
Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle.
The science of the form and characteristics of the skull.
Of or pertaining to craniology.
One proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.
The department of science (as of ethnology or arch/ology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.
An instrument for measuring the size of skulls.
Pertaining to craniometry.
The art or act of measuring skulls.
One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy.
Scientific examination of the cranium.
A comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all those that have a skull.
The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery.
The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.
To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
the housing for a crankshaft and connecting parts in an internal-combustion engine.
Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle.
Crankness.
A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.
Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.
Full of spirit; crank.
Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall.
One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake.
Quick; giddy; thoughtless.
The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland.
A garland carried before the bier of a maiden.
to defecate. Same as take a crap.
to throw a 2, 3, or 12 on the first throw in the game of craps, thereby losing that turn.
A toad.
An ulcer on the coronet of a horse.
To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk.
a fern of New Zealand (Leptopteris superba) with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea.
a tropical shrub (Tabernaemontana divaricata), native to India, having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; Northern India to Thailand.
an tall East Indian and Chinese shrub (Lagerstroemia indica of the loosestrife family, commonly planted in Southern and Western U. S. as an ornamental shrub. It has clusters of red, white, purple, or pink flowers.
Salted codfish hardened by pressure.
a game in which two play solitaire with separate packs.
A hook or drag; a grapnel.
same as bullshit.
a toilet.
A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species.
A claw.
of very poor quality.
A gambling game with dice. It is one of the more popular games in casinos.
Same as Crapulence.
The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit.
Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses.
Resembling crape.
A slow unwieldy trading vessel.
To break in pieces; to crack.
Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.
to descend steeply and rapidly; -- of aircraft.
The noise of many things falling and breaking at once.
A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.
The hydroid or naked-eyed medus/. See Hydroidea.
Of or pertaining to the Craspedota.
Gross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined.
A semisolid mass or clot, especially that formed in coagulation of the blood.
See Crassament.
Grossness; coarseness; thickness; density.
Grossness.
Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow.
A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes.
A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack.
A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.
To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches.
the quantity contained in a crate.
The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater.
To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck.
Wearing a cravat.
To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.
To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly.
One who craves or begs.
Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
The crop of a bird. The stomach of an animal.
same as crawfish
to back out in a humilating manner; as, We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him.
A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, with yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey.
A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.
One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.
Creepy.
the type genus of the Cracidae; curassows.
See Crare.
See Crawfish.
Any decapod crustacean of the family Astacid/ (genera Cambarus and Cambarus), resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.
To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.
Craziness; insanity.
A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.
In a crazy manner.
The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.
Fine cracks resulting from shrinkage on the surface of glazed pottery, concrete, or other material. The admired crackle in some Oriental potteries and porcelains is crazing produced in a foreseen and regulated way. In common pottery it is often the result of exposure to undue heat, and the beginning of disintegration.
A mill for grinding tin ore.
Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
any of several leguminous plants of Western North America causing locoism in livestock.
Capable of being created.
To graze.
The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound.
worn down with age or use; in poor condition.
To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.
Of the color of cream; light yellow.
White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.
A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice.
A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.
As white as cream.
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