Part 2533

<blockquote><it>Val</it>. 'Tis a noble child. <it>Vir</it>. A <b>crack</b>, madam. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>A brief time; an instant; <as>as, to be with one in a <ex>crack</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Eng. & Scot. Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>Free conversation; friendly chat.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>What is <b>crack</b> in English? . . . A<b>crack</b> . . . a chat with a good, kindly human heart in it. <i>P. P. Alexander.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Crack</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>One of our <b>crack</b> speakers in the Commons. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Crack"-brained`</hw> <tt>(-br?nd`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Cracked</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Cracked</hw> <tt>(kr?kt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Coarsely ground or broken; <as>as, <ex>cracked</ex> wheat</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Crack-brained.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

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<hw>Crack"er</hw> <tt>(kr?k"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, cracks.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>What <b>cracker</b> is this same that deafs our ears? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclossed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often called <i>firecracker</i>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; <as>as, a Boston <ex>cracker</ex>; a Graham <ex>cracker</ex>; a soda <ex>cracker</ex>; an oyster <ex>cracker</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.</def>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The pintail duck.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Crackle</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crac"kle</hw> <tt>(kr?k"k'l)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>crack</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; <as>as, burning thorns <ex>crackle</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The unknown ice that <b>crackles</b> underneath them. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

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