Part 2554

<blockquote>The girls were <b>crazy</b> to be introduced to him. <i>R. B. Kimball.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Crazy bone</col>, <cd>the bony projection at the end of the elbow (<i>olecranon</i>), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also <altname>funny bone</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Crazy quilt</col>, <cd>a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.</cd></cs>

<h1>Creable</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre"a*ble</hw> <tt>(kr?"?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>creabilis</ets>, from <ets>creare</ets> to create. See <er>Create</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being created.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>I. Watts.</i>

<h1>Creaght</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Creaght</hw> <tt>(kr?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir. & Gael. <ets>graidh</ets>, <ets>graigh</ets>.]</ety> <def>A drove or herd.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Haliwell.</i>

<h1>Greaght</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Greaght</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To graze.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir. L. Davies.</i>

<h1>Creak</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Creak</hw> <tt>(kr?k)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Creaked</er> <tt>(kr?kt)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Creaking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>creken</ets>, prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. <ets>crack</ets>, <ets>and</ets>. D. <ets>kreiken</ets> to crackle, chirp.]</ety> <def>To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; <as>as, shoes <ex>creak</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>creaking</b> locusts with my voice conspire. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Doors upon their hinges <b>creaked</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Creak</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Creak</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To produce a creaking sound with.</def>

<blockquote><b>Creaking</b> my shoes on the plain masonry. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Creak</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Creak</hw> <tt>(kr?k)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Thew sound produced by anuthing that creaks; a creaking.</def>

<i>Roget.</i>

<h1>CReaking</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>CReak"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound.</def>

<blockquote>Start not at the <b>creaking</b> of the door. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cream</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cream</hw> <tt>(kr?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cr<?/me</ets>, perh. fr. LL. <ets>crema</ets> cteam of milk; cf. L. <ets>cremor</ets> thick juice or broth, perh. akin to <ets>cremare</ets> to burn.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.</def>