Part 2566

<blockquote>To come as humbly as they used to <b>creep</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length.</def> "Creeping vines."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; <as>as, the sight made my flesh <ex>creep</ex></as>. See <er>Crawl</er>, <i>v. i.</i>,<i>4</i>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.</def>

<h1>Creep</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Creep</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of creeping.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>creep</b> of undefinable horror. <i>Blackwood's Mag.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Out of the stillness, with gathering <b>creep</b>, Like rising wind in leaves. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.</def>

<h1>Creeper</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Creep"er</hw> <tt>(kr?p"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.</def>

<blockquote>Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of mites,<b>creepers</b>; slimy, muddy, unclean. <i>Burton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; <as>as, the Virginia <ex>creeper</ex> (<ex>Ampelopsis quinquefolia</ex>)</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small bird of the genus <spn>Certhia</spn>, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is <spn>C. familiaris</spn>, a variety of which (<spn>var. Americana</spn>) inhabits America; -- called also <altname>tree creeper</altname> and <altname>creeptree</altname>. The American black and white creeper is <spn>Mniotilta varia</spn>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often <altname>telegraph creepers</altname>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Crockets. See <er>Crocket</er>.</def>

<h1>Creephole</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Creep"hole`</hw> <tt>(-h?l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hole or retreat onto which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A subterfuge; an excuse.</def>

<h1>Creepie</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Creep"ie</hw> <tt>(-?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A low stool.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Creepiness</h1> <Xpage=342>