Part 651

Crem"a*to*ry, a. Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.

Crem"o*carp (kr&ebreve;m"&osl;*kńrp or krē"m&osl;-), n. [Gr. kremanny`nai to hang + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.

Cre*mo"na (kr&esl;*mō"n˙), n. A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy.

||Cre"mor (kr?"m?r), n. [L. CF. Cream.] Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.

Crem"o*sin (kr?m"?-s?n), n. See Crimson. [Obs.]

Crems (kr&ebreve;mz), n. See Krems.

{ Cre"nate (krē"n&asl;t), Cre"na*ted (krē"n&asl;*t&ebreve;d), } a. [L. crena notch. See Cranny.] (Bot.) Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops.

Cre*na"tion (kr?-n?"sh?n), n. 1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

2. The condition of being crenate.

Cren"a*ture (kr?n"?-t?r or kr?"n?-; 135), n. 1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.

2. The state of being crenated or notched.

Cre*nel" (kr?-n?l"), n. See Crenelle.

Cren"el*ate (kr?n"?l-?t or kr?"n?l-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crenelated (- ?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crenelating (- ?`t?ng).] [LL. crenellare, kernellare: cf. F. cr&?;neler to indent. See Crenelle.] [Written also crenellate.] 1. To furnish with crenelles.

2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.

Crenelated molding (Arch.), a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.

Cren`el*a"tion (-?"sh?n), n. The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure. [Written also crenellation.]

{ Cre*nelle", Cre*nel" } (kr?-n?l"), n. [OF. crenel, F. cr&?;neau, LL. crenellus, kernellus, dim. (prob.) fr. L. crena notch. See Crenny.] 1. An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement.

2. (Bot.) Same as Crenature.

Cre*nelled" (kr&?;-n&?;ld") a. (Bot.) Same as Crenate.

{ Cren"gle (kr?n"g'l), Cren"kle (-k'l), } n. See Cringle.

{ Cren"u*late (kr?n"?-l?t), Cren"u*la`ted (- l?`t?d), } a. [Dim. of crenate.] (Bot.) Minutely crenate.

Cren`u*la"tion (-l?"sh?n), n. 1. A minute crenation.

2. The state of being minutely scalloped.

Cre"ole (kr?"?l), n. [F. cr&?;ole, Sp. criollo, from an American negro word, perh. a corruption of a Sp. criadillo, dim. of criado servant, formerly also, child, fr. L. creatus, p. p. of creare to create. Cf. Create.] One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico.

&fist; "The term creole negro is employed in the English West Indies to distinguish the negroes born there from the Africans imported during the time of the slave trade. The application of this term to the colored people has led to an idea common in some parts of the United States, though wholly unfounded, that it implies an admixture greater or less of African blood." R. Hildreth.

&fist; "The title [Creole] did not first belong to the descendants of Spanish, but of French, settlers, But such a meaning implied a certain excellence of origin, and so came early to include any native of French or Spanish descent by either parent, whose nonalliance with the slave race entitled him to social rank. Later, the term was adopted by, not conceded to, the natives of mixed blood, and is still so used among themselves. . . . Besides French and Spanish, there are even, for convenience of speech, 'colored' Creoles; but there are no Italian, or Sicilian, nor any English, Scotch, Irish, or 'Yankee' Creoles, unless of parentage married into, and themselves thoroughly proselyted in, Creole society." G. W. Cable.

Cre"ole (kr?"?l), a. Of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles.

&fist; In New Orleans the word Creole is applied to any product, or variety of manufacture, peculiar to Louisiana; as, Creole ponies, chickens, cows, shoes, eggs, wagons, baskets, etc.