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Cri"nite (kr?"n?t), a. [L. crinitus, p. p. of crinire to provide or cover with hair, fr. crinis hair.] 1. Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train. "Comate, crinite, caudate stars." Fairfax.

2. (Bot.) Bearded or tufted with hairs. Gray.

Cri"ni*to*ry (kr?"n?-t?-r?), a. Of or relating to hair; as, a crinitory covering. T. Hook.

Crin"kle (kr&ibreve;&nsm;"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crinkled (- k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling (- kl&ibreve;ng).] [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

The house&?;s crinkled to and fro. Chaucer.

Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. Skelton.

The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning.

Crin"kle, v. i. To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

The green wheat crinkles like a lake. L. T. Trowbridge.

And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. Mrs. Browning.

Crin"kle, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.

The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker.

Crin"kled (kr?n"k'ld), a. Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag. "The crinkled lightning." Lowell.

Crin"kly (-kl?), a. Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly.

Cri"noid (krī"noid), a. [See Crinoidea.] (Zo÷l.) Crinoidal. -- n. One of the Crinoidea.

Cri*noid"al (kr&isl;*noid"al), a. (Zo÷l.) Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.

||Cri*noid"e*a (kr>isl/*noid"&esl;*&adot;), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. kri`non lily + -oid: cf. F. crino´de.] (Zo÷l.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.

Cri*noid"e*an (-an), n. (Zo÷l) One of the Crinoidea.

Crin"o*line (kr?n"?-l?n), n. [F., fr. crin hair,L. crinis.] 1. A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.

2. A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt.

Cri*nose" (kr?-n?s"), a. [L. crinis hair.] Hairy. [R.]

Cri*nos"i*ty (kr?-n?s"?-t?), n. Hairiness. [R.]

||Cri"num (krī"nŭm), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kri`non lily.] (Bot.) A genus of bulbous plants, of the order AmaryllidaceŠ, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.

||Cri"o*sphinx` (krī"&osl;*sf&ibreve;&nsm;ks`), n. [Gr. krio`s ram + sfi`gx sphinx.] A sphinx with the head of a ram.

Crip"ple (kr&ibreve;p"p'l), n. [OE. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. krŘppel, Dan. kr÷bling, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk, but must creep, fr. AS. creˇpan to creep. See Creep.] One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.

I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden.

Crip"ple (kr&ibreve;p"p'l), a. Lame; halting. [R.] "The cripple, tardy-gaited night." Shak.

Crip"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crippled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crippling (-pl?ng).] 1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame.