CPage 470
- English Word Crackle Definition A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.
- English Word Crackle Definition A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.
- English Word Crackled Definition Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware.
- English Word Crackleware Definition See Crackle, n., 3.
- English Word Crackling Definition The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
- English Word Crackling Definition The well-browned, crisp rind of roasted pork.
- English Word Crackling Definition Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
- English Word Cracknel Definition A hard brittle cake or biscuit.
- English Word Cracksman Definition A burglar.
- English Word Cracksmen Definition of Cracksman
- English Word Cracovian Definition Of or pertaining to Cracow in Poland.
- English Word Cracovienne Definition A lively Polish dance, in 2-4 time.
- English Word Cracowes Definition Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the fourteenth century.
- English Word Cradgedness Definition The quality or state of being cragged; cragginess.
- English Word Cradle Definition A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty.
- English Word Cradle Definition Infancy, or very early life.
- English Word Cradle Definition An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
- English Word Cradle Definition A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
- English Word Cradle Definition A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
- English Word Cradle Definition A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
- English Word Cradle Definition A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
- English Word Cradle Definition A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker.
- English Word Cradle Definition A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
- English Word Cradle Definition The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
- English Word Cradle Definition The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
- English Word Cradle Definition To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
- English Word Cradle Definition To nurse or train in infancy.
- English Word Cradle Definition To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
- English Word Cradle Definition To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
- English Word Cradle Definition To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.