Part 2624

<h1>Croys</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Croys</hw> <tt>(krois)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cross</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Croze</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Croze</hw> <tt>(kr?z)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cross</er>, and <er>Crosier</er>.]</ety> <def>A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks, etc.; also, the groove itself.</def>

<h1>Crozier</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cro"zier</hw> <tt>(kr?"zh?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Crosier</er>.</def>

<h1>Croziered</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cro"ziered</hw> <tt>(-zh?rd)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Crosiered.</def>

<h1>Crucial</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"cial</hw> <tt>(kr?"sh<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>crucial</ets>, fr. L. <ets>crux</ets>, <ets>crucis</ets>, cross, torture. See <er>Cross</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; <as>as, <ex>crucial</ex> ligaments; a <ex>crucial</ex> incision.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; <as>as, a <ex>crucial</ex> test</as>.</def>

<h1>Crucian carp</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"cian carp`</hw> <tt>(-sh<it>a</it>n k?rp`)</tt>. <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>karussa</ets>, G. <ets>karausche</ets>, F. <ets>carousse</ets>, <ets>-assin</ets>, <ets>corassin</ets>, LL. <ets>coracinus</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ a sort of fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of European carp (<spn>Carasius vulgaris</spn>), inferior to the common carp; -- called also <altname>German carp</altname>.</def>

<note>&hand; The gibel or Prussian carp is now generally considered a variety of the crucian carp, or perhaps a hybrid between it and the common carp.</note>

<h1>Cruciate</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(kr?"sh?-?t &or; -sh?t; 106)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cruciatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>cruciare</ets> to crucify, torture, fr. <ets>crux</ets>, <ets>crucis</ets>, a cross. See <er>Cross</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Tormented.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bale.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform.</def>

<h1>Cruciate</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(kr?"sh?-?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To torture; to torment. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Excruciate</er>.</def>

<i>Bale.</i>

<h1>Cruciation</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru`ci*a"tion</hw> <tt>(kr?`sh?-?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>cruciatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of torturing; torture; torment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Crucible</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"ci*ble</hw> <tt>(kr?"s?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>crucubulum</ets> a hanging lamp, an earthen pot for melting metals (cf. OF. <ets>croisel</ets>, <ets>creuseul</ets>, sort of lamp, crucible, F. <ets>creuset</ets> crucible), prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. <ets>kr<?/sul</ets>, LG. <ets>kr<?/sel</ets>, hanging lamp, <ets>kroos</ets>, <ets>kruus</ets>, mug, jug, jar, D. <ets>kroes</ets> cup, crucible, Dan. <ets>kruus</ets>, Sw. <ets>krus</ets>, E. <ets>cruse</ets>. It was confused with derivatives of L. <ets>crux</ets> cross (cf. <er>Crosslet</er>), and crucibles were said to have been marked with a cross, to prevent the devil from marring the chemical operation. See <er>Cruse</er>, and cf. <er>Cresset</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal.</def>