CREEPLE

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A creeping creature; a reptile. [Obs.] There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age. Morton (1632).

2.
n.

One who is lame; a cripple. [Obs.] Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is. Donne.


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