Part 2585

<h1>Crimson</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crim"son</hw>, <tt>b. t.</tt> <def>To become crimson; to blush.</def>

<blockquote>Ancient towers . . . beginning to <b>crimson</b> with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crinal</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Cri"nal</hw> <tt>(kr?"n<it>al</it>)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crinalis</ets>, fr. <ets>crinis</ets> the hair.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the hair.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Crinated</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Cri"na*ted</hw> <tt>(kr?"n?-t?d)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having hair; hairy.</def>

<h1>Crinatory</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Cri"na*to*ry</hw> <tt>(kr?"n?-t?-r?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Crinitory.</def>

<i>Craig.</i>

<h1>Crincum</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crin"cum</hw> <tt>(kr?n"k?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Crinkle</er>.]</ety> <def>A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Crincum-crancum</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crin"cum-cran"cum</hw> <tt>(kr?n"k?m-kr?n"k?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A twist; a whimsey or whim.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Crined</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crined</hw> <tt>(kr?nd)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crinis</ets> hair.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body; <as>as, a charge <ex>crined</ex> of a red tincture</as>.</def>

<h1>Crinel krnEl, Crinet</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw><hw>Cri"nel</hw> <tt>(kr?"nEl)</tt>, <hw>Cri"net</hw> <tt>(kr?"n?t)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crinis</ets> hair.]</ety> <def>A very fine, hairlike feather.</def>

<i>Booth.</i>

<h1>Cringe</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Cringe</hw> <tt>(kr?nj)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crnged</er> <tt>(kr?njd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cringing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[As. <ets>crincgang</ets>, <ets>cringan</ets>, <ets>crincan</ets>, to jield, fall; akin to E. <ets>crank</ets>.]</ety> <def>To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.</def>

<blockquote>When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to <b>cringe</b> behind, for they were afraid of the lions. <i>Bunyan.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou Once fawned and <b>cringed</b>, and servilely adored Heaven's awful monarch? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Flatterers . . . are always bowing and <b>cringing</b>. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cringe</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Cringe</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>