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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.
A kind of cake filled with custard made of cream, eggs, etc.
a California plant (Platystemon californicus) with small pale yellow flowers.
a small pitcher for serving cream; as, the coffee set included a sugar bowl and creamer.
A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market.
The quality of being creamy.
Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous.
To get on credit; to borrow.
Creative; formative.
To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
A tool, or a sewing-machine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.
A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.
See Creosote.
Full of creases.
An usher to a riding master.
That may be created.
To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist.
Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea.
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue.
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine.
The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.
Of or pertaining to creation.
The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.
Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation.
The quality of being creative.
One who creates, produces, or constitutes. Specifically, the Supreme Being.
State or condition of a creator.
She who creates.
A creatress.
Belonging to a creature; having the qualities of a creature.
Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.
Without created beings; alone.
Creatural; characteristic of a creature.
The condition of being a creature.
To make like a creature; to degrade
The tin ore which collects in the central part of the washing pit or buddle.
Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
Marked with closely set transverse furrows.
Frequency.
Frequent; numerous.
A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.
the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under King Philip of Valois.
To give credence to; to believe.
A thing to be believed; an article of faith; -- distinguished from agendum, a practical duty.
Believing; giving credence; credulous.
That which gives a title to credit or confidence.
having an official document certifying fitness for a particular task.
a credence{3}.
The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.
Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy.
The quality or state of being credible; worthiness of belief; credibility.
In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.
To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.
Worthy of belief.
The quality of being creditable.
In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.
One who credits, believes, or trusts.
A female creditor.
having an acceptable credit rating; worthy of having credit extended; as, a credit-worthy customer.
The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.
Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.
With credulity.
Readiness to believe on slight evidence; credulity.
To believe; to credit.
Without a creed.
A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.
The chub sucker.
A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.
Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding.
The act or process of creeping.
One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.
A hole or retreat into which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.
A low stool.
An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin.
Crawling, or moving close to the ground.
by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.
A creeping creature; a reptile.
Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin.
An Algonquin tribe of Indians, inhabiting a large part of British America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson's Bay.
A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade.
An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.
Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.
A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.
One who advocates the practice of cremation.
One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes.
Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.
A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.
Cream; -- a term used esp. in cookery, names of liqueurs, etc.
The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.
A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy.
Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.
See Crimson.
See Krems.
Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops.
A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.
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