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<h1>Cruels</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"els</hw> <tt>(kr?"?lz)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Corrupt. fr. F. <ets><?/crouelles</ets> scrofula.]</ety> <def>Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.</def>

<h1>Cruelty</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"el*ty</hw> <tt>(-t?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cruelties</plw> <tt>(-t<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OF. <ets>cruelt<?/</ets>, F. <ets>cruaut<?/</ets>, fr. L. <ets>crudelitas</ets>, fr. <ets>crudelis</ets>. See <er>Cruel</er>.]</ety>

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<p><b>1.</b> <def>The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.</def>

<blockquote>Pierced through the heart with your stern <b>cruelty</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.</def>

<blockquote><b>Cruelties</b> worthy of the dungeons of the Inquisition. <blockquote>Macualay.

<h1>Cruentate</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru"en*tate</hw> <tt>(kr?"?n-t?t)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cruentatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>cruentare</ets> to make bloody, fr. <ets>cruentus</ets> bloody, fr. <ets>cruor</ets>. See <er>Crude</er>.]</ety> <def>Smeared with blood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Glanwill.</i>

<h1>Cruentous</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru*en"tous</hw> <tt>(kr?-?n"t?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cruentus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bloody; cruentate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cruet</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru"et</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Anglo-French <ets>cruet</ets>, a dim. from OF. <ets>crue</ets>, <ets>cruie</ets>; of German or Celtic origin, and akin to E. <ets>crock</ets> an earthen vessel.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bottle or vessel; esp., aviai or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar.</def>

<cs><col>Cruet stand</col>, <cd>a frame for holding cruets; a caster.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cruise</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cruise</hw> <tt>(kr?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cruse</er>, a small bottle.</def>

<h1>Cruise</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cruise</hw> <tt>(kr?z)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cruised</er> <tt>(kr?zd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cruising</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[D. <ets>kruisen</ets> to move crosswise or in a zigzag, to cruise, fr. <ets>kruis</ets> cross, fr. OF. <ets>crois</ets>, <ets>croiz</ets>, F. <ets>croix</ets>, or directly fr. OF. <ets>croisier</ets>, F. <ets>croiser</ets>, to cross, cruise, fr. <ets>crois</ets> a cross. See <er>Cross</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure.</def>

<note>&hand; A ship cruises <i>in</i> any particular sea or ocean; as, <i>in</i> the Baltic or <i>in</i> the Atlantic. She cruises <i>off</i> any cape; as, <i>off</i> the Lizard; <i>off</i> Ushant. She cruises <i>on</i> a coast; as, <i>on</i> the coast of Africa. A priate <i>cruises</i> to seize vessels; a yacht <i>cruises</i> for the pleasure of the owner.</note>

<blockquote>Ships of war were aent to <b>cruise</b> near the isle of Bute. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>'Mid sands, and rocks, and storms to <b>cruise</b> for pleasure. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To wander hither and thither on land.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>