Part 2553

<blockquote>Grief hath <b>crazed</b> my wits. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Craze</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be crazed, or to act or appear as <?/<?/e that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.</def>

<blockquote>She would weep and he would <b>craze</b>. <i>Keats.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.</def>

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

<hw>Craze</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Craziness; insanity.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.</def>

<blockquote>It was quite a <b>craze</b> with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly. <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; <as>as, the bric-a-brac <ex>craze</ex>; the \'91sthetic <ex>craze</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Various <b>crazes</b> concerning health and disease. <i>W. Pater.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crazedness</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Craz"ed*ness</hw> <tt>(-?d-n?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.</def>

<h1>Craze-mill krzm\'b5l, Crazing-mill</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw><hw>Craze"-mill`</hw> <tt>(kr?z"m\'b5l`)</tt>, <hw>Craz"ing-mill`</hw> <tt>(kr?"z?ng-)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Craze</er>.]</ety> <def>A mill for grinding tin ore.</def>

<h1>Crazily</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cra"zi*ly</hw> <tt>(kr\'b5"z?-l?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a crazy manner.</def>

<h1>Craziness</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cra"zi*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being broken down or weakened; <as>as, the <ex>craziness</ex> of a ship, or of the limbs</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.</def>

<h1>Crazy</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cra"zy</hw> <tt>(kr?"z?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Craze</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Characterized by weakness or feeblness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.</def>

<blockquote>Piles of mean and<b>crazy</b> houses. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>One of great riches, but a <b>crazy</b> constitution. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They . . . got a <b>crazy</b> boat to carry them to the island. <i>Jeffrey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.</def>

<blockquote>Over moist and <b>crazy</b> brains. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>