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More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the energy of the settlement in the Bay. Palfrey. An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the body politic. Macaulay.

A crusader. [Obs.] The conquesta of the croises extending over Palestine. Burke.

A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt.

anically a variety of the pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) and matures early in the season. It is pale yellow in color, with warty excrescences. The winter crookneck belongs to a distinct species (C. moschata) and is smooth and often striped. [U. S.]

, as in the augur. Knight. -- Cross lode (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or principal lode. -- Cross purpose. See Cross-purpose, in the Vocabulary. -- Cross reference, a reference made from one part of a book or register to another part, where the same or an allied subject is treated of. -- Cross sea (Naut.)…

Same as Cross-spale.

ill crumble and pass into the form of gravel. Arbuthnot. The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces. Prescott.

Consisting, or made, of crystal. Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. Shak.

A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals.

To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap. I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. Shak. They with their quills did all the hurt they could, And cuffed the tender chickens from their food. Dryden.

One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.

One of the carpal bones usually articulating wich the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.

Of or pertaining to the papal curia; as, the curial etiquette of the Vatican. -- n.

A Chilian burrowing rodent of the genus Spalacopus.

endent. [Obs.] Custos rotulorum (r Etym: [LL., keeper of the rolls] (Eng. Law), the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.

ated families belonging to the group Rugosa; -- also called cup corals. Thay are found in paleozoic rocks.

Any plant of the natural order Cycadeceæ, as the sago palm, etc.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example.

A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago.

the legend aof Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins.