Part 2551

<h1>Craven</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Cra"ven</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cravened</er> <tt>(-v'nd)</tt>;<tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cravening</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There is a prohibition so divine, That <b>cravens</b> my weak hand. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Craver</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Crav"er</hw> <tt>(kr?v"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who craves or begs.</def>

<h1>Craving</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Crav"ing</hw> <tt>(-?ng)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.</def>

<blockquote>A succession of <b>cravings</b> and satiety. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Crav"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Crav"ing*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Craw</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Craw</hw> <tt>(kr?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to D. <ets>kraag</ets> neck, collar, G. <ets>kragen</ets>, Sw. <ets>kr<?/fva</ets> craw, Dan. <ets>kro</ets>, and possibly to Gr.<?/<?/<?/<?/ (E. <ets>bronchus</ets>), or <?/<?/<?/ throat. <?/25. Cf.<er>Crag</er> neck.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The crop of a bird.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The stomach of an animal.</def>

<h1>Crawfish krfsh, Crayfish</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw><hw>Craw"fish`</hw> <tt>(kr?"f?sh`)</tt>, <hw>Cray"fish`</hw> <tt>(kr?"f?sh`)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-fishes</plw> or <plw>-fish</plw>.</plu> <ety>[Corrupted fr. OE. <ets>crevis</ets>, <ets>creves</ets>, OF. <ets>crevice</ets>, F. <ets><?/crevisse</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>krebiz</ets> crab, G. <ets>krebs</ets>. See <er>Crab</er>. The ending <ets>-fish</ets> arose from confusion with E. <ets>fish</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any crustacean of the family <spn>Astacid\'91</spn>, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus <spn>Cambarus</spn>. The blind crawfish of the Mamoth Cave is <spn>Cambarus pellucidus</spn>. The common European species is <spn>Astacus fluviatilis</spn>.</def>

<h1>Crawford</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Craw"ford</hw> <tt>(kr?"f?rd)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, wich yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William <i>Crawford</i>, of New Jersey.</def>

<h1>Crawl</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Crawl</hw> <tt>(kr?l)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crawled</er> <tt>(kr?ld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crawling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Dan. <ets>kravle</ets>, or Icel. <ets>krafla</ets>, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. <ets>kr<?/la</ets> to crawl; cf. LG. <ets>krabbeln</ets>, D. <ets>krabbelen</ets> to scratch.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and kness; to creep.</def>

<blockquote>A worm finds what it searches after only by feeling, as it <b>crawls</b> from one thing to another. <i>Grew.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.</def>

<blockquote>He was hardly able to <b>crawl</b> about the room. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The meanest thing that <b>crawl'd</b> beneath my eyes. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.</def>

<blockquote>Secretly <b>crawling</b> up the battered walls. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Hath <b>crawled</b> into the favor of the king. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Absurd opinions <b>crawl</b> about the world. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; <as>as, the flesh <ex>crawls</ex></as>. <i>See</i> <er>Creep</er>, <i>v. i.</i> ,7.</def>

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