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scure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. "Crabbed eloquence." Chaucer. How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. Milton.

hat crooked wisdom which is called craft. Hobbes. The chief priets and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. Mark xiv. 1.

ymes with another, which last to be guessed by the opposing party, who represent in dumb show what they think it to be.

Productive of, or abounding in, cramps. "This crampy country." Howitt.

leap. Beaconsfield. Thackeray. The passengers eagerly craning forward over the bulwarks. Howells.

To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn. See how this river comes me cranking in. Shak.

A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, howewer produced.

Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate. The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. Whitelocke. Had…

To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe. How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin Shak.

s on personal estate, after the manner of the crédit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.

by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly. How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents. South.

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

s consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature. I. Watts. You know who the critics are the men who have failed in literature and art. Beaconsfield.

To curdle. [Obs.] See how thy blood cruddles at this. Bea

To contract irregularly; to show wrinkless after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.

Belonging to a chamber or bedroom. [Obs.] Howell.

A culverin. Falcon and culver on each tower Stood prompt their deadly hail to shower. Sir W. Scott.

correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. [Obs.] Little curious in her clothes. Fuller. How shall we, If he be curious, work upon his faith Bean &

thecia). -- Flowering currant, Missouri currant, a species of Ribes (R. aureum), having showy yellow flowers.

Easiness of pronunciation; fluency. [Obs.] When currentness [combineth] with staidness, how can the language . . . sound other than most full of sweetness Camden.