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The quality of being creamy.

The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.

ed to confidence; trustworthy. Things are made credible either by the known condition and quality of the utterer or by the manifest likelihood of truth in themselves. Hooker. A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very sober and credible. Dampier.

The quality or state of being credible; worthness of belief; credibility. [R.] Boyle.

The quality of being creditable.

The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt. This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. Blackstone.

The state or quality of being crisp.

The state or quality of being critical, or of occurring at a critical time.

Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. [Corruptly written cromona.]

The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity. Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty. Shak.

The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell.

The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.

The quality of being cubical.

Quality of being cunning; craft.

The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. [Obs.] Bacon. When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity. Shak. A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with great curiosity. Evelin.

The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes.

The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.