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roy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to 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.…

One who, or that which, crushes. Crusher gauge, an instrument for measuring the explosive force of gunpowder, etc., by its effect in compressing a piece of metal.

That crushes; overwhelming. "The blow must be quick and crushing." Macualay.

Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.

A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals. Knight.

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man. Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. Shak.

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.

Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. "Her broken love and life." G. Eliot.

Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay.

To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush. Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs. Shak.

mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar. -- Cane trash, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc.

A small war club, esp. of savages; -- so called because of its supposed use in crushing the skull.

The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.

Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples.

ng or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses. A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it. Maunder.

A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.

The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison.

An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.

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

To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase. God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. Milton.