Part 2548

<hw>Crash</hw> <tt>(kr<?/sh>)</tt>, <tt>v. t. </tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp & p. p.</tt> <er>Crashed</er> <tt>(kr<?/sht)</tt>; <tt>p. pr & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crashing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>crashen</ets>, the same word as <ets>crasen</ets> to break, E. <ets>craze</ets>. See <er>Craze</er>.]</ety> <def>To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>He shakt his head, and <b>crasht</b> his teeth for ire. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Crash</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.</def>

<blockquote>Roofs were blazing and walls <b>crashing</b> in every part of the city. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To break with violence and noise; <as>as, the chimney in falling <ex>crashed</ex> through the roof</as>.</def>

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<hw>Crash</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of manu things falling and breaking at once.</def>

<blockquote>The wreck of matter and the <b>crash</b> of worlds. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.</def>

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<hw>Crash</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crassus</ets> coarse. See <er>Crass</er>.]</ety> <def>Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.</def>

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<hw>Crash"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The noise of many things falling and breaking at once.</def>

<blockquote>There shall be . . . a great <b>crashing</b> from the hills. <i>Zeph. i. 10.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crasis</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Cra"sis</hw> <tt>(kr?"s?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL., temperament, fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ to mix.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a dipthong; syn\'91resis; <as>as, <ex>cogo</ex> for <ex>coago</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Craspedota</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Cras`pe*do"ta</hw> <tt>(kr?s`p?-d?"t?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ to be bordered or edged.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The hydroid or naked-eyed medus\'91. See <er>Hydroidea</er>.</def>

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<hw>Cras"pe*dote</hw> <tt>(kr?s"p?-d?t)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Craspedota.</def>

<h1>Crass</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Crass</hw> <tt>(kr?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crassus</ets> thick, fat, gross, prob. orig., closely woven See <er>Crease</er> animal fat, and cf. <er>Crate</er>, <er>Hurdle</er>.]</ety> <def>Cross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined. "<i>Crass</i> and fumid exhalations." <i>Sir</i>. <i>T</i>. <i>Browne</i>. "<i>Crass</i> ignorance" <i>Cudworth</i>.</def>

<h1>Crassament krss-m<it>e</it>nt, Crassamentum</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw><hw>Cras"sa*ment</hw> <tt>(kr?s"s?-m<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <hw>Cras`sa*men"tum</hw> <tt>(-m?n"t?m)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crassamentum</ets>, fr. <ets>crassare</ets> to make thick. See <er>Crass</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>A semisolid mass or clot, especially that formed in coagulation of the blood.</def>

<h1>Crassiment</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Cras"si*ment</hw> <tt>(kr?s"s?-m<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Crassament</er>.</def>