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The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. Knight.

The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. Knight.

painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs. Sir T. More. Cramp bone, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a charm for the cramp. Halliwell. "He could turn cramp bones into chess men." Dickens. -- Cramp ring, a ring formerly supposed…

or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures. Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant. Shelton. Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. -- Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the…

A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back. Knight.

Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by René of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. Brande & C.

ron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight.

is lofty crest. Sir W. Scott. And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight. Gower.

The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp. Knight.

A small jackscrew. Knight.

Lame; halting. [R.] "The cripple, tardy-gaited night." Shak.

A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight.

n of decisive consequence; as, a fortification critically situated. Coming critically the night before the session. Bp. Burnet.

Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. Knight.

-- Cross handle, a handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur. Knight. -- Cross lode (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or principal lode. -- Cross purpose. See Cross-purpose, in the Vocabulary. -- Cross reference, a reference made from one part of a book or register to another part, wh…

A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

ttle time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the opera at night. Macualay.

n. There shall be a great cry throughout all the land. Ex. xi. 6. An infant crying in the night, An infant crying for the light; And with no language but a cry. Tennyson.

Sucked by cubs. [R.] This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch. Shak.

A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc. Knight.