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A sycophantic courtier. B. Jonson.

A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.

Cowardice.

The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated. As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. Eccl. vii. 6.

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

Crepuscular. [Obs.] Sprat.

One who cringes meanly; a fawner.

A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.

Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.

Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family.

Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope.

See Gobulin.

Consisting, or made, of crystal. Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. Shak.

In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking.

Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.

The act of one who culls.

State of being curly.

The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats.

With a curl, or curls.

An instrument for drawing curved lines.