Part 2552

<hw>Crawl</hw> <tt>(kr?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or motion of crawling;<?/low motion, as of a creeping animal.</def>

<h1>Crawl</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Crawl</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Kraal</er>.]</ety> <def>A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.</def>

<h1>Crawler</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Crawl"er</hw> <tt>(kr?l"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.</def>

<h1>Crawly</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Crawl"y</hw> <tt>(kr?l"?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Creepy.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Cray kr, Crayer</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw><hw>Cray</hw> <tt>(kr?)</tt>, <hw>Cray"er</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Crare</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Crayfish</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cray"fish</hw> <tt>(kr?"f?sh)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Crawfish</er>.</def>

<h1>Crayon</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cray"on</hw> <tt>(kr?"?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., a crayon, a lead pencil (<ets>crayon Cont\'82</ets> Cont\'82's pencil, <it>i. e.</it>, one made a black compound invented by Cont\'82), fr. <ets>craie</ets> chalk, L. <ets>creta</ets>; said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. <ets>Creta</ets> the island Crete. Cf. <er>Cretaceous</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Let no day pass over you . . . without giving some strokes of the pencil or the <b>crayon</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The black crayon gives a deeper black than the lead pencil. This and the colored crayons are often called <i>chalks</i>. The red crayon is also called <i>sanguine</i>. See <er>Chalk</er>, and <er>Sanguine</er>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A crayon drawing.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Electricity)</fld> <def>A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.</def>

<cs><col>Crayon board</col>, <cd>cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon drawing.</cd> -- <col>Crayon drawing</col>, <cd>the act or art of drawing with crayons; a drawing made with crayons.</cd></cs>

<h1>Crayon</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cray"on</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crayoned</er> <tt>(-?nd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crayoning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>crayonner</ets>.]</ety> <def>To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.</def>

<blockquote>He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably to the plan which he had <b>crayoned</b> out. <i>Malone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Craze</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Craze</hw> <tt>(kr?z)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crazed</er> <tt>(kr?zd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crazing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>crasen</ets> to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. <ets>krasa</ets> to crackle, <ets>sl<?/ i kras</ets>, to break to pieces, F. <ets><?/craser</ets> to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. <er>Crash</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See <er>Crase</er>.</def>

<blockquote>God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And <b>craze</b> their chariot wheels. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, <b>craze</b> my limbs. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To derange the intellect of; to render insane.</def>

<blockquote>Any man . . . that is <b>crazed</b> and out of his wits. <i>Tilloston.</i></blockquote>