Part 101

2. (Pronounced kr`p") As a proper name, Johnny Crapaud, or Crapaud, a nickname for a Frenchman.

Crap shooting. Same as Craps.

Crawl stroke. (Swimming) A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with face submerged, takes alternate overhand arm strokes while moving his legs up and down alternately from the knee.

Craze, n. (Ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.

Craz"ing (?), p. pr. & vb. n. of Craze, v. Hence: n. 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.

Crease (?), n. (Lacrosse) The combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space itself, within which no attacking player is allowed unless the ball is there; -- called also goal crease.

Creep"ing Char"lie. The stonecrop (Sedum acre).

||Crême (?), n. [F.] Cream; - - a term used esp. in cookery, names of liqueurs, etc.

Creole State. Louisiana; -- a nickname. See Creole, n. & a.

Cre"o*sote bush. A shrub (Covillea mexicana) found in desert regions from Colorado to California and southward through Mexico. It has yellow flowers and very resinous foliage with a strong odor of creosote.

||Crêpe (krâp; Eng. krp), n. [F.] Any of various crapelike fabrics, whether crinkled or not.

Crêpe de Chine (&?;) [F. de Chine of China], Canton crape or an inferior gauzy fabric resembling it. -- C. lisse (ls) [F. lisse smooth], smooth, or unwrinkled, crape.

Cre*ta"ceous, a. Also Cre*tac"ic (&?;). (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the period of time following the Jurassic and preceding the Eocene.

Crimp, v. t. (Firearms) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge.

Crip"ple, [Local. U. S.] (a) Swampy or low wet ground, often covered with brush or with thickets; bog.

The flats or cripple land lying between high- and low-water lines, and over which the waters of the stream ordinarily come and go.

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(b) A rocky shallow in a stream; -- a lumberman's term.

Crof"ton sys"tem (?). [After Sir Walter Crofton, Irish penologist.] (Penology) A system of prison discipline employing for consecutive periods cellular confinement, associated imprisonment under the mark system, restraint intermediate between imprisonment and freedom, and liberation on ticket of leave.

Crookes space (krks). [After Sir William Crookes, English chemist, who first described it.] (Physics) The dark space within the negative-pole glow at the cathode of a vacuum tube, observed only when the pressure is low enough to give a striated discharge; -- called also Crookes layer.

Crook"neck` (?), n. Either of two varieties of squash, distinguished by their tapering, recurved necks. The summer crookneck is botanically a variety of the pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) and matures early in the season. It is pale yellow in color, with warty excrescences. The winter crookneck belongs to a distinct species (C. moschata) and is smooth and often striped. [U. S.]

||Cro`quante" (?), n. [F.] A brittle cake or other crisp pastry.

Cross, v. t. -- To cross a check (Eng. Banking), to draw two parallel transverse lines across the face of a check, with or without adding between them the words "and company", with or without the words "not negotiable", or to draw the transverse lines simply, with or without the words "not negotiable" (the check in any of these cases being crossed generally). Also, to write or print across the face of a check the name of a banker, with or without the words "not negotiable" (the check being then crossed specially). A check crossed generally is payable only when presented through a bank; one crossed specially, only when presented through the bank mentioned.

Cross"-but`tock, n. (Wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip; hence, an unexpected defeat or repulse.

Crosse (?), n. [F., crosier, hooked stick.] The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in the game of lacrosse.

Cross"-fer"ti*lize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cross-fertilized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-fertilizing (?).] (Bot.) To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual of the same species.

Crotch, n. (Billiards) In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. See Crotched, below.

Crotch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crotched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Crotch"ing.] 1. To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to; as, to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots.