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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.</def>

<h1>Cresting</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crest"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.</def>

<h1>Crestless</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crest"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth.</def> "<i>Crestless</i> yeomen."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cresylic</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Cre*syl"ic</hw> <tt>(kr?-s?l"?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Creosote</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Cresylic acid</col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Cresol</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cretaceous</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Cre*ta"ceous</hw> <tt>(kr?-t?"sh?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cretaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>creta</ets> chalk. See <er>Crayon</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the qualities of chalk;abounding with chalk; chalky; <as>as, <ex>cretaceous</ex> rocks and formations</as>. See <er>Chalk</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Cretaceous acid</col>, <cd>an old name for carbonic acid.</cd> -- <col>Cretaceous formation</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the <altname>chalk formation</altname>. See the Diagram under <er>Geology</er>.</cd> -- <col>Cretaceous period</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cretaceously</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Cre*ta"ceous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a chalky manner; as chalk.</def>

<h1>Cretan</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Cre"tan</hw> <tt>(kr?"t<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Crete, or Candia.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.</def></def2>

<h1>Crete</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crete</hw> <tt>(kr?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Cres</ets>, <ets>Cretis</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Cretan</def>

<h1>Cretian</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Cre"tian</hw> <tt>(kr?"sh<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cretan</er>.</def>

<h1>Cretic</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Cre"tic</hw> <tt>(kr?"t?k)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Creticus</ets> (sc. <ets>pes</ets> foot), Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ (sc. <?/<?/<?/<?/ foot), prop., a Cretan (metrical) foot.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. & Lat. Pros.)</fld> <def>A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (-<?/-).</def>

<i>Bentley.</i>

<h1>Creticism</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Cre"ti*cism</hw> <tt>(-t?-s?z'm)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Falsehood; lying; cretism.</def>

<h1>Cretin</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Cre"tin</hw> <tt>(kr?"t?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cr\'82tin</ets>; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>One afflicted with cretinism.</def>

<h1>Cretinism</h1> <Xpage=344>