Part 2577

<h1>Crevice</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crev"ice</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To crack; to flaw.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<h1>Creviced</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crev"iced</hw> <tt>(-?st)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a crevice or crevices; <as>as, a <ex>creviced</ex> structure for storing ears of corn</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Trickling through the <b>creviced</b> rock. <i>J. Cunningham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crevis</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crev"is</hw> <tt>(-?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The crawfish.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Crew</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crew</hw> <tt>(kr?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Manx shearwater.</def>

<h1>Crew</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crew</hw> <tt>(kr?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From older <ets>accrue</ets> accession, re<?/n<?/orcement, hence, company, crew; the first syllable being misunderstood as the indefinite article. See <er>Accrue</er>, <er>Crescent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.</def>

<blockquote>There a noble <b>crew</b> Of lords and ladies stood on every side. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious <b>crew</b>? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.</def>

<note>&hand; The word <i>crew</i>, in law, is ordinarily used as equivalent to <i>ship's company</i>, including master and other officers. When the master and other officers are excluded, the context always shows it.</note>

<i>Story. Burrill.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, the carpenter's <i>crew</i>; the boatswain's <i>crew</i>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Company; band; gang; horde; mob; herd; throng; party.</syn>

<h1>Crew</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crew</hw> <tt>(kr?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Crow</er></def>.

<h1>Crewel</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crew"el</hw> <tt>(kr?"?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. for <ets>clewel</ets>, dim. of <ets>clew</ets> a ball of thread; or cf. D. <ets>krul</ets> curl, E. <ets>curl</ets>. &root;26.]</ety> <def>Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.</def>

<h1>Crewelwork</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crew"el*work`</hw> <tt>(-w?rk`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.</def>

<h1>Crewet</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crew"et</hw> <tt>(kr?"?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cruet</er>.</def>

<h1>Crib</h1> <Xpage=344>