Part 656

Crev"ice, v. t. To crack; to flaw. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Crev"iced (-?st), a. Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for storing ears of corn.

Trickling through the creviced rock. J. Cunningham.

Crev"is (-?s), n. (Zo÷l.) The crawfish. [Prov. Eng.]

Crew (kr&udd;), n. (Zo÷l.) The Manx shearwater.

Crew (kr&udd;), n. [From older accrue accession, reŰnforcement, hence, company, crew; the first syllable being misunderstood as the indefinite article. See Accrue, Crescent.] 1. A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.

There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on every side. Spenser.

Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew? Milton.

2. The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.

&fist; The word crew, in law, is ordinarily used as equivalent to ship's company, including master and other officers. When the master and other officers are excluded, the context always shows it. Story. Burrill.

3. In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.

Syn. -- Company; band; gang; horde; mob; herd; throng; party.

Crew (kr&udd;), imp. of Crow.

Crew"el (kr?"?l), n. [Perh. for clewel, dim. of clew a ball of thread; or cf. D. krul curl, E. curl. √26.] Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

Crew"el*work` (-w?rk`), n. Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.

Crew"et (kr?"?t), n. See Cruet.

Crib (kr?b), n. [AS. crybb; akin to OS. kribbja, D. krib, kribbe, Dan. krybbe, G. krippe, and perh. to MHG. krebe basket, G, korb, and E. rip a sort of wicker basket.]

1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.

The steer lion at one crib shall meet. Pope.

2. A stall for oxen or other cattle.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. Prov. xiv. 4.

3. A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.

4. A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.

5. A hovel; a hut; a cottage.

Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, . . . Than in the perfumed chambers of the great? Shak.

6. (Mining) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.

7. A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.

8. A small raft of timber. [Canada]