Part 2571

<hw>Crep`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(kr?p`?-t?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <i>cr\'82pitation</i>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of crepitating or crackling.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A crepitant r\'83le.</def>

<h1>Crepitus</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Crep"i*tus</hw> <tt>(kr?p"?-t?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>crepare</ets> to crack.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The noise produced bu a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Crepitation</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Crepon</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre"pon</hw> <tt>(kr?"p?n; F. kr?`<er>p?n</er>")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.</def>

<h1>Crept</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Crept</hw> <tt>(kr?pt)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Creep</er>.</def>

<h1>Crepuscle kr-pss'l, Crepuscule</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw><hw>Cre*pus"cle</hw> <tt>(kr?-p?s"s'l)</tt>, <hw>Cre*pus"cule</hw> <tt>(kr?-p?s"k?l)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crepusculum</ets>, fr. <ets>creper</ets> dusky, dark: cf. F. <ets>cr<?/puscule</ets>.]</ety> <def>Twilight.</def>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Crepuscular -k-lr, Crepusculous</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw><hw>Cre*pus"cu*lar</hw> <tt>(-k?-l?r)</tt>, <hw>Cre*pus"cu*lous</hw> <tt>(-l?s)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cr<?/pusculaire</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.</def>

<blockquote>This semihistorical and <b>crepuscular</b> period. <i>Sir G. C. Lewis.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects.</def>

<blockquote>Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls, and are called <b>crepuscular</b>. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cropusculine</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cro*pus"cu*line</hw> <tt>(-l?n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Crepuscular.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sprat.</i>

<h1>Crescence</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cres"cence</hw> <tt>(kr?s"s<it>e</it>ns)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Crescent</er>.]</ety> <def>Increase; enlargement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And toward the moon's attractive <b>crescence</b> bend. <i>H. Brooke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crescendo</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cres*cen"do</hw> <tt>(kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[It., from <ets>crescere</ets> to increase. See <er>Crescent</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.</def>

<h1>Crescendo</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cres*cen"do</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A pssage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.</def>

<h1>Crescent</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cres"cent</hw> <tt>(kr?s"s<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cressent</ets>, <ets>cressaunt</ets>, crescent (in sense 1), OF. <ets>creissant</ets> increasing, F. <ets>croissant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>cro<?/tre</ets>, OF. <ets>creistre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>crescere</ets> to increase, v. incho.; akin to <ets>creare</ets> to create. See <er>Create</er>, and cf. Accrue, Increase, Crescendo.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.</def>