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<hw>Crisp"y</hw> <tt>(-?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; <as>as, <ex>crispy</ex> locks</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Crisp; brittle; as. a <i>crispy</i> pie crust.</def>

<h1>Crissal</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Cris"sal</hw> <tt>(kr?s"s<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to the crissum; <as>as, <ex>crissal</ex> feathers</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having highly colored under tail coverts; <as>as, the <ex>crissal</ex> thrasher</as>.</def>

<h1>Crisscross</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Criss"cross`</hw> <tt>(kr?s"kr?s`; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A corruption of <ets>Christcross</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.</def>

<h1>Crisscross</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Criss"cross`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To mark or cover with cross lines; <as>as, a paper was <ex>crisscrossed</ex> with red marks</as>.</def>

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<h1>Crisscross</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Criss"cross`</hw> <tt>(kr?s"kr?s`;115)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.</def>

<blockquote>Logs and tree luing <b>crisscross</b> in utter confusion. <i>W. E. Boardman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; <as>as, things go <ex>crisscross</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Crisscross-row</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Criss"cross-row`</hw> <tt>(-r?`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Christcross-row</er>.</def>

<h1>Crissum</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Cris"sum</hw> <tt>(kr?s"s?m)</tt>,, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Crissa</plw> <tt>(-s<?/)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL.; cf. L. <ets>crisso</ets> to move the haunches.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts.</def>

<h1>Cristate</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Cris"tate</hw> <tt>(kr?s"t?t)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ctistatus</ets>, fr. <ets>crista</ets> crest.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Crested.</def>

<h1>Criterion</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Cri*te"ri*on</hw> <tt>(kr?-t?"r?-?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Criteria</plw> (-<?/), sometimes <plw>Criterions</plw> <tt>(-<?/nz)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ a means for judging, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ decider, judge, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to separate. See <er>Certain</er>.]</ety> <def>A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judgment respecting them.</def>

<blockquote>Of the diseases of the mind there is no <b>criterion</b>. <i>Donne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Inferences founded on such enduring <b>criteria</b>. <i>Sir G. C. Lewis.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Standard; measure; rule.</syn>

<h1>Crith</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Crith</hw> <tt>(kr?th)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/ a barleycorn, a small weight.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The unit for estimating the weight of a<?/riform substances; -- the weight of a liter of hydrogen at 0<?/ centigrade, and with a tension of 76 centimeters of mercury. It is 0.0896 of a gram, or 1.38274 grains.</def>