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ut that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.

gether. Shak. A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles. Clarendon.

bmission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore. I crave your honor's pardon. Shak. Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. Mark xv. 43.

Without created beings; alone. God was alone And creatureless at first. Donne.

Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence. When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit into them, nor received them. 1 Macc. x. 46.

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

Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.

ng a correct judgment respecting them. Of the diseases of the mind there is no criterion. Donne. Inferences founded on such enduring criteria. Sir G. C. Lewis.

iticise; to play the critic. [Obs.] Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done. A. Brewer.

A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.

ross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London. Dun-Edin's Cross, a pillared stone, Rose on a turret octagon. Sir W. Scott.

To play music in measured time. [Obs.] Donne.

toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches. Shak. Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. Bunyan.

ak. -- To cry to, to call on in prayer; to implore. -- To cry you mercy, to beg your pardon. "I cry you mercy, madam; was it you" Shak.

Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becoming cultured. London Spectator.

A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.

To bend; to crouch; to cringe. [Obs.] Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good. Shak.

A curate; a pardon.

Particular customs, those which are limited to a city or district; as, the customs of London.

r. [Obs.] We . . . present our gardeners with a complete cycle of what is requisite to be done throughout every month of the year. Evelyn.