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h forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap. Beaconsfield. Thackeray. The passengers eagerly craning forward over the bulwarks. Howells.

To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise. Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city. Macualay.

The noise of many things falling and breaking at once. There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10.

To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson.

alline substance, with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of baking powders; -- called also potassium bitartrate, acid potassium tartrate, etc.

A tool, or a sewing-mashine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.

The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople. The cross of our faith is replanted, The pale, dying crescent is daunted. Campbell.

A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight.

The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.] Johnson.

to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.

A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker.

One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla.

To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster. The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. Shak. Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song. Wordsworth.

chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom. The custom of making the sign of the cross with the hand or finger, as a means of conferring blessing or preserving from evil, is very old. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray. Sir W. Scott. Tis where the cross is…

An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.

The act of making the sign of the cross. Bp. Hall.

genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

The ultimate end and result of an undertaking; a chief end. [Obs.] O this false soul of Egypt! this grave charm . . . . Whose bosom was my crownet, my chief end. Shak.

A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks, etc.; also, the groove itself.