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verconfident; opinionated. He who was, a little before, bedrid, . . . was now crank and lusty. Udall. If you strong electioners did not think you were among the elect, you would not be so crank about it. Mrs. Stowe.

n, they shall be as wool. Is. i. 18. A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak.

Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.

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

Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty.

Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Hallivell.

den. He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. Shak. They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. Macualay.

In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.

The quality of being crusty or surly. Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. W. Irving.

Manner or style of cooking.

rdensome; clogging. He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. Swift. That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. De Quincey.

Cursory; hasty. [Obs.] With a cursorary eye o'erglanced the articles. Shak.

In a running or hasty manner; carelessly.

ht of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. -- Cushion star (Zoöl.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from…

Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment. With eyes severe and beard of formal cut. Shak.

A misty shower; dew. [Obs.]

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

Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.

Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight. Dryden.

o abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words. The coin which was adulterated and debased. Hale. It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes. Hooker. And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. Pope.…