Part 2556

<h1>Creaminess</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cream"i*ness</hw> <tt>(-?-n?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being creamy.</def>

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

<hw>Cream" laid`</hw> <tt>(kr?m" l?d`)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Laid</er>.</def>

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

<hw>Cream"-slice`</hw> <tt>(-sl?s`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.</def>

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

<hw>Cream"-white`</hw> <tt>(-hw?t`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>As white as cream.</def>

<h1>Creamy</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cream"y</hw> <tt>(kr?m"?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous. "<i>Creamy</i> bowis." <i>Collins</i>. "Lines of <i>creamy</i> spray." <i>Tennyson</i>. "Your <i>creamy</i> words but cozen." <i>Beau</i> & <i>Fl</i>.</def>

<h1>Creance</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre"ance</hw> <tt>(kr?"<it>a</it>ns)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cr\'82ance</ets>, lit., credence, fr. L. <ets>credere</ets> to trust. See <er>Credence</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Faith; belief; creed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured.</def>

<h1>Creance</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre"ance</hw> <tt>(kr\'b5"<it>a</it>ns)</tt>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <def>To get on credit; to borrow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Creant</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Cre"ant</hw> <tt>(kr?"<it>a</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>creans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>creare</ets> to create.]</ety> <def>Creative; formative.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Mrs. Browning.</i>

<h1>Crease</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Crease</hw> <tt>(kr?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Creese</er>.</def>

<i>Tennison.</i>

<h1>Crease</h1> <Xpage=341>

<hw>Crease</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LG. <ets>krus</ets>, G. <ets>krause</ets>, crispness, <ets>krausen</ets>, <ets>kr<?/usen</ets>, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Armor.<ets>kriz</ets> a wrinkle, crease, <ets>kriza</ets> to wrinkle, fold, W. <ets>crych</ets> a wrinkle, <ets>crychu</ets> to rumple, ripple, crease.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, howewer produced.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Cricket)</fld> <def>One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.</def>

<cs><col>Bowling crease</col> <fld>(Cricket)</fld>, <cd>a line extending three feet four inches on each side of the central strings at right angles to the line between the wickets.</cd> -- <col>Return crease</col> <fld>(Cricket)</fld>, <cd>a short line at each end of the <i>bowling crease</i> and at right angles to it, extending toward the bowler.</cd> -- <col>Popping crease</col> <fld>(Cricket)</fld>,<cd>, a line drawn in front of the wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the <i>bowling crease</i> and at least as long as the latter.</cd></cs>

<i>J. H. Walsh (Encyc. of Rural Sports).</i>