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lergymen. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. Pope. Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerströmia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. -- Oriental crape. See Canton crape.…

A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.

See Crassament.

A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes.

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on animal's head; the 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.

An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.

The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.

ime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves. Addison.

nded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. Burke.

Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. Carlyle.

Lameness. [R.] Johnson.

An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc.

Ornamented with crockets.

Ornamentation with crockets. Ruskin.

A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial. [Obs.]

An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consist of a central medallion with seven arms radiating f…

A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).

A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward. "An olive branch and laurel crown." Shak. They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we…

A colony of the British Empire not having an elective magistracy or a parliament, but governed by a chief magistrate (called Governor) appointed by the Crown, with executive councilors nominated by him and not elected by the people.

ing the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision.