Index of English words, starting with "cr"

(1) - Crevice (v. t.) To crack; to flaw.
(2) - Crevice (n.) A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

(1) - Crew (imp.) of Crow
(2) - Crew () imp. of Crow
(3) - Crew (n.) In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.
(4) - Crew (n.) The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.
(5) - Crew (n.) A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.
(6) - Crew (n.) The Manx shearwater.

(1) - Crewel (n.) Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

(1) - Crib (n.) A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.
(2) - Crib (n.) A stall for oxen or other cattle.
(3) - Crib (n.) A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
(4) - Crib (n.) A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.
(5) - Crib (n.) A hovel; a hut; a cottage.
(6) - Crib (n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
(7) - Crib (n.) A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
(8) - Crib (n.) A small raft of timber.
(9) - Crib (v. i.) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.
(10) - Crib (n.) A miner's luncheon.
(11) - Crib (n.) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
(12) - Crib (v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
(13) - Crib (v. t.) To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.
(14) - Crib (v. i.) To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
(15) - Crib (v. i.) To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.
(16) - Crib (n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.