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To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch. Swift.

Thew sound produced by anuthing that creaks; a creaking. Roget.

he act of creation. "Creative talent." W. Irving. The creative force exists in the germ. Whewell.

insects. Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls, and are called crepuscular. Whewell.

To chew with force and noise; to craunch. And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull. Byron.

ent by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares. The street cries of London. Mayhew.

Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. Their crystalline structure. Whewell.

mach, to be cheved a second time. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Levit. xi. 3

One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature. Whewell.

To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap. Thy servants can skill to cut timer. 2. Chron. ii. 8

quirinig daintles. Hence; Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; sqrupulous; ceremonious. Thew were a fine and Dainty people. Bacon. And let us not be dainty of leave taking, But shift away. Shak. To make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [Obs.] Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all Will now deny…

e of causes is deductive. Glanvill. Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. Whewell.

gard; respect; complaisance. Deference to the authority of thoughtful and sagacious men. Whewell. Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. Shenstone.

finite measure; a definite period or interval. Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell.

uiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream. Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. Whewell. -- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n.

or name; distinctive title; appellation. The usual designation of the days of the week. Whewell.

"[The moon] was dichotomized." Whewell.

Grimaldi (1665), and referred by him to a property of light which he called diffraction. Whewell. Diffraction grating. (Optics) See under Grating. -- Diffraction spectrum. (Optics) See under Spectrum.

and ages infinite. Milton. We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations. Whewell.

usky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished. The dim magnificence of poetry. Whewell. How is the gold become dim! Lam. iv. 1. I never saw The heavens so dim by day. Shak. Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. Wordsworth.