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In the form of a crescent; like a crescent. Tennyson.

Abounding in cresses. The cressy islets white in flower. Tennyson.

The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Tennyson.

To play at cricket. Tennyson.

orality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong. "To part error from crime." Tennyson.

expressive of joy or pleasure. The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for kisses. Tennyson. To crow over, to exult over a vanquished antagonist. Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. Bp. Hall.

, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. Tennyson.

wd of Vanity Fair. Macualay. Crowds that stream from yawning doors. {\*\bkmkstart here}Tennyson.

t crying in the night, An infant crying for the light; And with no language but a cry. Tennyson.

s the few fossils of antique learning. Motley. My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine. Tennyson.

with of; as, to chew the cud of bitter memories. Chewed the thrice turned cudof wrath. Tennyson.

To buffet. "Cuffed by the gale." Tennyson.

aughter, from the fairest of his bulls. Dryden. Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. Tennyson.

hase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns. Tennyson.

teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21. Moved beyong his custom, Gama said. Tennyson. A custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shak.

An age; a long period of time. Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. Tennyson.

ups, and loved lilies. Spenser. A college gown That clad her like an April Daffodilly. Tennyson And chance-sown daffodil. Whittier.

usage and soft delicacy. Milton. Iwould be the girdle. About her dainty, dainty waist. Tennyson.

ance Too mnch the rein. Shak. O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the strifeTennyson.

to shum. Dryden. Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to towered Cameleot. Tennyson.