CPage 769
- English Word Crucian carp Definition A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior to the common carp; -- called also German carp.
- English Word Cruciate Definition Tormented.
- English Word Cruciate Definition Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform.
- English Word Cruciate Definition To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate.
- English Word Cruciation Definition The act of torturing; torture; torment.
- English Word Crucible Definition A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc.
- English Word Crucible Definition A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal.
- English Word Crucible Definition A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction.
- English Word Crucifer Definition Any plant of the order Cruciferae.
- English Word Cruciferous Definition Bearing a cross.
- English Word Cruciferous Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc.
- English Word Crucified Definition of Crucify
- English Word Crucifier Definition One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a painful trial.
- English Word Crucifix Definition A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions.
- English Word Crucifix Definition The cross or religion of Christ.
- English Word Crucifixes Definition of Crucifix
- English Word Crucifixion Definition The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.
- English Word Crucifixion Definition The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.
- English Word Crucifixion Definition Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial.
- English Word Cruciform Definition Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form of a cross.