Part 661

The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. Prior.

Crim"son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimsoned (-z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimsoning.] To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. Shak.

Crim"son, v. t. To become crimson; to blush.

Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. De Quincey.

Cri"nal (krī"nal), a. [L. crinalis, fr. crinis the hair.] Of or pertaining to the hair. [R.] Blount.

Cri"na*ted (krī"n&asl;*t&ebreve;d), a. Having hair; hairy.

Cri"na*to*ry (kr?"n?-t?-r?), a. Crinitory. Craig.

Crin"cum (kr?n"k?m), n. [Cf. Crinkle.] A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey. [Colloq.] Hudibras.

Crin"cum-cran"cum (kr?n"k?m-kr?n"k?m), n. A twist; a whimsey or whim. [Colloq.]

Crined (krīnd), a. [L. crinis hair.] (Her.) Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body; as, a charge crined of a red tincture.

{ Cri"nel (kr?"nEl), Cri"net (kr?"n?t), } n. [L. crinis hair.] A very fine, hairlike feather. Booth.

Cringe (kr&ibreve;nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cringed (kr&ibreve;njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing.] [As. crincgan, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.] To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence, to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.

When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions. Bunyan.

Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored Heaven's awful monarch? Milton.

Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing. Arbuthnot.

Cringe, v. t. To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. [Obs.]

Till like a boy you see him cringe his face, And whine aloud for mercy. Shak.

Cringe, n. Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. "With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious." Cowper.

Cringe"ling, n. One who cringes meanly; a fawner.

Crin"ger (kr?n"j?r), n. One who cringes.

Crin"ging*ly, adv. In a cringing manner.

Crin"gle (kr?n"g'l), n. [Icel. kringla orb; akin to kring around, and to D. kring circle, and to E. cringe, crank.] 1. A withe for fastening a gate.

2. (Naut.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.

Crin`i*cul"tur*al (kr?n`?-k?l"t?r-a]/>l; 135), a. [L. crinis hair + cultura.] Relating to the growth of hair. [R.]

Cri*nig"er*ous (kr?-n?j"?r-?s), a. [L. criniger; crinis hair + gerere to bear.] Bearing hair; hairy. [R.]

Cri"ni*tal (kr?"n?-tal), a. Same as Crinite, 1.

He the star crinital adoreth. Stanyhurst.