Part 2569

<hw><hw>Cre"nate</hw> <tt>(kr?n?t)</tt>, <hw>Cre"na*ted</hw> <tt>(kr?"n?-t?d)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crena</ets> notch. See <er>Cranny</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops.</def>

<h1>Crenation</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre*na"tion</hw> <tt>(kr?-n?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The condition of being crenate.</def>

<h1>Crenature</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cren"a*ture</hw> <tt>(kr?n"?-t?r &or; kr?"n?-; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also <altname>crenelle</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being crenated or notched.</def>

<h1>Crenel</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre*nel"</hw> <tt>(kr?-n?l")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Crenelle</er>.</def>

<h1>Crenelate</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cren"el*ate</hw> <tt>(kr?n"?l-?t &or; kr?"n?l-?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crenelated</er> <tt>(-?`t?d)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crenelating</er> <tt>(-?`t?ng)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>crenellare</ets>, <ets>kernellare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cr<?/neler</ets> to indent. See <er>Crenelle</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>crenellate</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To furnish with crenelles.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To indent; to notch; <as>as, a <ex>crenelated</ex> leaf</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Crenelated molding</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.</cd></cs>

<h1>Crenelation</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cren`el*a"tion</hw> <tt>(-?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>crenellation</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Crenelle, Crenel</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw><hw>Cre*nelle"</hw>, <hw>Cre*nel"</hw><hw> <tt>(kr?-n?l")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>crenel</ets>, F. <ets>cr<?/neau</ets>, LL. <ets>crenellus</ets>, <ets>kernellus</ets>, dim. (prob.) fr. L. <ets>crena</ets> notch. See <er>Crenny</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See <er>Merlon</er>, and <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Battlement</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Crenature</er>.</def>

<h1>Crenelled</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre*nelled"</hw> <tt>(kr<?/-n<?/ld")</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Crenate</er>.</def>

<h1>Crengle krng'l, Crenkle</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw><hw>Cren"gle</hw> <tt>(kr?n"g'l)</tt>, <hw>Cren"kle</hw> <tt>(-k'l)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cringle</er>.</def>

<h1>Crenulate krn-lt, Crenulated</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw><hw>Cren"u*late</hw> <tt>(kr?n"?-l?t)</tt>, <hw>Cren"u*la`ted</hw> <tt>(-l?`t?d)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>crenate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Minutely crenate.</def>

<h1>Crenulation</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cren`u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(-l?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A minute crenation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being minutely scalloped.</def>

<h1>Creole</h1> <Xpage=343>