Part 2632

<hw>Crup"per</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; <as>as, to <ex>crupper</ex> a horse</as>.</def>

<h1>Crura</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru"ra</hw> <tt>(kr?"r?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Crus</er>.</def>

<h1>Crural</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru"ral</hw> <tt>(-r<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cruralis</ets>, fr. <ets>crus</ets>, <ets>cruris</ets>, leg: cf. F. <ets>crural</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called <i>crura</i>; <as>as, the <ex>crural</ex> arteries; <ex>crural</ex> arch; <ex>crural</ex> canal; <ex>crural</ex> ring</as>.</def>

<h1>Crus</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crus</hw> <tt>(kr?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Crura</plw> <tt>(kr<?/"r<?/)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., the leg.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; <as>as, the <ex>crura</ex> of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; <ex>crura cerebri</ex>, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.</as></def>

<h1>Crusade</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru*sade"</hw> <tt>(kr?-s?d")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>croisade</ets>, fr. Pr. <ets>crozada</ets>, or Sp <ets>cruzada</ets>, or It. <ets>crociata</ets>, from a verb signifying to take the cross, mark one's self with a cross, fr. L. <ets>crux</ets> cross; or possibly taken into English directly fr. Pr. Cf. <er>Croisade</er>, <er>Crosado</er>, and see <er>Cross</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; <as>as, a <ex>crusade</ex> against intemperance</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A Portuguese coin. See <er>Crusado</er>.</def>

<h1>Crusade</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru*sade"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crusaded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crusading</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner.</def> "Cease <i>crusading</i> against sense."

<i>M. Green.</i>

<h1>Crusader</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru*sad"er</hw> <tt>(-s?"d?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One engaged in a crusade; <as>as, the <ex>crusaders</ex> of the Middle Ages</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Azure-eyed and golden-haired, Forth the young <b>crusaders</b> fared. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crusading</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru*sad"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a crusade; <as>as, a <ex>crusading</ex> spirit</as>.</def>

<h1>Crusado</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru*sa"do</hw> <tt>(-s?"d?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg. <ets>cruzado</ets>, fr. <ets>cruz</ets>, fr. L. <ets>crux</ets>. See <er>Crusade</er>, 3.]</ety> <def>An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cruade</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cruse</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cruse</hw> <tt>(kr?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to LG. <ets>kruus</ets>, <ets>kroos</ets>, mug, jug, jar, D. <ets>kroes</ets>, G. <ets>krause</ets>, Icel. <ets>krus</ets>, Sw. <ets>krus</ets>, Dan. <ets>kruus</ets>. Cf. <er>Crucible</er>, <er>Cresset</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cup or dish.</def>

<blockquote>Take with thee . . . a <b>cruse</b> of honey. <i>1 Kings xiv. 3.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc.</def>

<blockquote>So David took . . . the <b>cruse</b> of water. <i>1 Sam. xxvi. 12.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cruset</h1> <Xpage=351>