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e act or practice of cremating the dead. Without cremation . . . of their bodies. Sir T. Browne.

tic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood.

he comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. Darwin. [Attack] his rising crest, and drive the serpent back. C. Pitt.

g to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code. The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process. Hallam. Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime.…

through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning.

form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.

The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in the game of lacrosse.

phorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries. Croton oil (Med.), a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oil obtained from the seeds of Croton Tiglium, a small tree of the East Indies. It is a most powerful drastic cathartic, and is used externally as a pustulant.

shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. "The cock had crown." Bayron. The morning cock crew loud. Shak.

Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross. Sir. T. Browne.

ior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard.

Of the length of a cubit. Sir. T. Browne.

Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. Sir T. Browne.

p on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. Milman.- Cup and can, familiar companions. -- Dry cup, Wet cup (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under Cupping. -- To be in one's cups, to be drunk.

To restore health; to effect a cure. Whose smile and frown, like to Achilles' spear, Is able with the change to kill and cure. Shak.

or short course. Upon a curricle in this world depends a long course of the next. Sir T. Browne.

A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth.

One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.

A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.

A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.