Part 2568

<hw>Cre*mas"ter</hw> <tt>(kr?-m?s"t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/<?/<?/, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ to hang.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect.</def>

<h1>Cremasteric</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Crem`as*ter"ic</hw> <tt>(kr?m`3s-t?r"?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the cremaster; <as>as, the <ex>cremasteric</ex> artery</as>.</def>

<h1>Cremate</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre"mate</hw> <tt>(kr?"m?t &or; kr?-m?t")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crematus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>cremare</ets> to burn; cf. Skr. <ets>cr<?/</ets> to cook.]</ety> <def>To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; <as>as, to <ex>cremate</ex> a corpse, instead of burying it</as>.</def>

<h1>Cremation</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(kr?-m?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crematio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.</def>

<blockquote>Without <b>cremation</b> . . . of their bodies. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cremationist</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre*ma"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who advocates the practice of cremation.</def>

<h1>Cremator</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre*ma"tor</hw> <tt>(-t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, cremmates or consumes to ashes.</def>

<h1>Crematorium krm-tr-m, Crematory</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw><hw>Crem`a*to"ri*um</hw> <tt>(kr?m`?-t?"r?-?m)</tt>, <hw>Crem"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(kr?m"?-t?-r?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Crematoriums</plw> (-<?/mz), <plw>Crematories</plw> <tt>(-r<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL. <ets>crematorium</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cremator</ets>.]</ety> <def>A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.</def>

<h1>Crematory</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Crem"a*to*ry</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.</def>

<h1>Cremocarp</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Crem"o*carp</hw> <tt>(kr?m"?-k?rp &or; kr?"m?-)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/ to hang + <?/<?/<?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrott, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.</def>

<h1>Cremona</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre*mo"na</hw> <tt>(kr?-m?"n?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A superior kind of violin, formerly made at <i>Cremona</i>, in Italy.</def>

<h1>Cremor</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre"mor</hw> <tt>(kr?"m?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. CF. <er>Cream</er>.]</ety> <def>Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.</def>

<h1>Cremosin</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Crem"o*sin</hw> <tt>(kr?m"?-s?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Crimson</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Crems</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Crems</hw> <tt>(kr?mz)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Krems</er>.</def>

<h1>Crenate krnt, Crenated</h1> <Xpage=343>