Part 2531

<hw>Crab"eat`er</hw> <tt>(kr?b"?t`?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The cobia.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (<spn>Hadropterus nigrofasciatus</spn>).</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A small European heron (<spn>Ardea minuta</spn>, and other allied species).</def>

<h1>Craber</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Cra"ber</hw> <tt>(kr?"b?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The water rat.</def>

<i>Walton.</i>

<h1>Crabfaced</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab"faced`</hw> <tt>(kr?b"f?st`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a sour, disagreeable countenance.</def>

<i>Beau & Fl.</i>

<h1>Crabsidle</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab"si`dle</hw> <tt>(-s?`d'l)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To move sidewise, as a crab. <mark>[Jocular]</mark>.</def>

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Crabstick</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab"stick`</hw> <tt>(-st?k`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the carb tree.</def>

<h1>Crab tree</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab" tree</hw> <tt>(tr?`)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Crab</er>.</def>

<h1>Crab-yaws</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab"-yaws`</hw> <tt>(kr?b"y?z`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See <er>Yaws</er>.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Crache</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crache</hw> <tt>(kr?ch)</tt>, <tt>v.</tt> <def>To scratch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Crack</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crack</hw> <tt>(kr?k)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cracked</er> <tt>(kr?kt)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cracking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>cracken</ets>, <ets>craken</ets>, to crack, break, boast, AS. <ets>cracian</ets>, <ets>cearcian</ets>, to crack; akin to D. <ets>kraken</ets>, G. <ets>krachen</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>garj</ets> to rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. <er>Crake</er>, <er>Cracknel</er>, <er>Creak</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; <as>as, to <ex>crack</ex> glass; to <ex>crack</ex> nuts.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.</def>

<blockquote>O, madam, my old hear is <b>cracked</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He thought none poets till their brains were <b>cracked</b>. <i>Roscommon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; <as>as, to <ex>crack</ex> a whip</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To utter smartly and sententiously; <as>as, to <ex>crack</ex> a joke</as>.</def>