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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.

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.

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 overcome completely; to subdue totally. Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. Sir. W. Scott. To crush a cup, to drink. [Obs.] -- To crush out. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.

A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. The deathblow of my hope. Byron.

ended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.

Milton. Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. -- Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill. -- Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curv…

Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment. Raymond.

A genus of extinct oölitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.

Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief. Shak.

Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.

of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.

An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.

The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.