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one who prepares a pupil hastily for an exxamination, or a pupil who is thus prepared. Dickens.

used as a charm for the cramp. Halliwell. "He could turn cramp bones into chess men." Dickens. -- Cramp ring, a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in averting or curing cramp, as having been consecrated by one of the kings of England on Good Friday.

To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.] Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. Milton.

A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.

The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.

Characterized by weakness or feeblness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe. Piles of mean andcrazy houses. Macualay. One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. Addison. They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. Jeffrey.

ps. -- Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added. -- Cream gauge, an instrument to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the cream to rise. -- Cream nut, the Brazil nut. -- Cream of lime. (a)…

rating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.

ping low his lofty crest. Sir W. Scott. And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight. Gower.

to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.] Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. Dickens.

Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively. The snug, small room, and the crisp fire. Dickens.

ly. Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick child, and rocking it to and fro. Dickens.

The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. Five Kentish abbesses . . . .subscribed their names and crosses. Fuller.

led and examined by the opposite party. "The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses." Kent.

A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc. Raymond.

A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off. Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Luke xvi. 21.

Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces.

Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.

o crush grapes. Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. Lev. xxii. 24. The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. Num. xxii. 25.

A stall for cattle. [Obs.] I would rather have such . . . .in cubor kennel than in my closet or at my table. Landor.