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civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness. My lord, for your many courtesies I thank you. Shak.

or the head itself. We will belabor you a little better, And beat a little more care into your coxcombs. Beau & Fl.

; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore. I crave your honor's pardon. Shak. Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. Mark xv. 43.

taste; creamlike; unctuous. "Creamy bowis." Collins. "Lines of creamy spray." Tennyson. "Your creamy words but cozen." Beau & Fl.

of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew. Your eye in Scotland Would create soldiers. Shak. Create in me a clean heart. Ps. li. 10.

epute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of. You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. South.

fied or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point. This hour's the very crisis of your fate. Dryden. The very times of crisis for the fate of the country. Brougham.

Lively; sparking; effervescing. Your neat crisp claret. Beau & Fl.

ey in general. I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I think you have no money in your purse. Shak.

ere with splitting or planing. If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon.

nly; to fawn; to cringe. "A crouching purpose." Wordsworth. Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor Shak.

Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature. I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton.

essary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity. Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty. Shak.

ses." Shak. -- To cry to, to call on in prayer; to implore. -- To cry you mercy, to beg your pardon. "I cry you mercy, madam; was it you" Shak.

current history. That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt. Arbuthnot. Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak. His current value, which is less or more as men have occasion for him. Grew.

ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean. Your short horse is soon curried. Beau. & FL.

manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support. Let him have your custom, but not your votes. Addison.

Hurtful; pernicious. [R.] That it be not demageable unto your royal majesty. Hakluit.

ence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. Addison. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. J. D. Forbes.

ipe and Gill shall dance. Wiher. Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your dauther Shak.