Part 2555

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.</def>

<blockquote>In vain she tries her paste and <b>creams</b>, To smooth her skin or hide its seams. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as. the <i>cream</i> of a jest or story; the <i>cream</i> of a collection of books or pictures.</def>

<blockquote>Welcome, O flower and <b>cream</b> of knights errant. <i>Shelton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Bavarian cream</col>, <cd>a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold.</cd> -- <col>Cold cream</col>, <cd>an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and lips.</cd> -- <col>Cream cheese</col>, <cd>a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added.</cd> -- <col>Cream gauge</col>, <cd>an instrument to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the cream to rise.</cd> -- <col>Cream nut</col>, <cd>the Brazil nut.</cd> -- <col>Cream of lime</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water.</cd> -- <col>Cream of tartar</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>purified tartar or argol; so called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the surface of the liquor in the process of purification by recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance, with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of baking powders; -- called also <altname>potassium bitartrate</altname>, <altname>acid potassium tartrate</altname>, etc.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Cream</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Creamed</er> <tt>(kr?md)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Creaming</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take off the best or choicest part of.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To furnish with, or as with, cream.</def>

<blockquote><b>Creaming</b> the fragrant cups. <i>Mrs. Whitney.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To cream butter</col> <fld>(Cooking)</fld>, <cd>to rub, stir, or beat, butter till it is of a light creamy consistency.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Cream</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.</def>

<blockquote>There are a sort of men whose visages Do <b>cream</b> and mantle like a standing pool. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Creamcake</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cream"cake`</hw> <tt>(-k?k`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A kind of cake filled with custard made of cream, eggs, etc.</def>

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

<hw>Cream"-col`ored</hw> <tt>(-k?l`?rd)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the color of cream; light yellow.</def> "<i>Cream-colored</i> horses."

<i>Hazlitt.</i>

<h1>Creamery</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cream"er*y</hw> <tt>(-?r-?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Creameries</plw> <tt>(-<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[CF. F. <ets>cr<?/meric</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An establishment where cream is sold.</def>

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

<hw>Cream"-faced`</hw> <tt>(kr?m"f?st`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.</def>

<blockquote>Thou <b>cream-faced</b> loon. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Cream"-fruit`</hw> <tt>(kr?m"fr?t`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice.</def>