Part 2631

<hw>Crunch</hw> <tt>(kr?nch)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crunched</er> <tt>(kr?ncht)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crunching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prob. of imitative origin; or cf. D. <ets>schransen</ets> to eat heartily, or E. <ets>scrunch</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To chew with force and noise; to craunch.</def>

<blockquote>And their white tusks <b>crunched</b> o'er the whiter skull. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To grind or press with violence and noise.</def>

<blockquote>The ship <b>crunched</b> through the ice. <i>Kane.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To emit a grinding or craunching noise.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>crunching</b> and ratting of the loose stones. <i>H. James.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Crunch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; <as>as, to <ex>crunch</ex> a biscuit</as>.</def>

<h1>Crunk krnk, Crunkle</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw><hw>Crunk</hw> <tt>(kr?nk)</tt>, <hw>Crun"kle</hw> <tt>(kr?n"k'l)</tt>,<hw> <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>kr<?/nka</ets> to croak.]</ety> <def>To cry like a crane.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The crane <i>crunketh</i>."

<i>Withals (1608).</i>

<h1>Crunodal</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru*no"dal</hw> <tt>(kr?-n?"d<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode; -- used of curves.</def>

<h1>Crunode</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru"node</hw> <tt>(kr?"n?d)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. fr. L. <ets>crux</ets> a cross + E. <ets>node</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See <cref>Double point</cref>, under <er>Double</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Cruor</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru"or</hw> <tt>(kr?"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., blood. See <er>Crude</er>.]</ety> <def>The coloring matter of the blood; the clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the coloring matter; gore.</def>

<h1>Cruorin</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru"o*rin</hw> <tt>(-?-r?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal; h\'91moglobin.</def>

<h1>Crup</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crup</hw> <tt>(kr?p)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OHG. <ets>grop</ets>, G. <ets>grob</ets>, coarse.]</ety> <def>Short; brittle; <as>as, <ex>crup</ex> cake</as>.</def>

<i>Todd.</i>

<h1>Crup</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crup</hw> <tt>(kr?p)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Croup</er>, the rump of a horse.</def>

<h1>Crupper</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crup"per</hw> <tt>(kr?p"p?r <it>in U.S.</it>; kr?p"?r <it>in Eng.</it>)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>croupi<?/re</ets>, fr. <ets>croupe</ets>. See <er>Croup</er> the rump of a horse.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>crouper</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The buttocks or rump of a horse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.</def>

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