Cremosin
(Crem"o*sin) n. See Crimson. [Obs.]
Crems
(Crems) n. See Krems.
Crenate
(Cre"nate Cre"na*ted) a. [L. crena notch. See Cranny.] (Bot.) Having the margin cut into
rounded teeth notches, or scallops.
Crenation
(Cre*na"tion) n.
1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
2. The condition of being crenate.
Crenature
(Cren"a*ture) n.
1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; — called also crenelle.
2. The state of being crenated or notched.
Crenel
(Cre*nel") n. See Crenelle.
Crenelate
(Cren"el*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crenelated (- ?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crenelating (- ?`t?ng).]
[LL. crenellare, kernellare: cf. F. crneler to indent. See Crenelle.] [Written also crenellate.]
1. To furnish with crenelles.
2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.
Crenelated molding (Arch.), a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.
Crenelation
(Cren`el*a"tion) n. The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or
an embrasure. [Written also crenellation.]
Crenelle
(Cre*nelle", Cre*nel") n. [OF. crenel, F. crneau, LL. crenellus, kernellus, dim. (prob.) fr. L.
crena notch. See Crenny.]
1. An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See
Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement.
2. (Bot.) Same as Crenature.
Crenelled
(Cre*nelled") (kr-nld") a. (Bot.) Same as Crenate.
Crengle
(Cren"gle Cren"kle) n. See Cringle.
Crenulate
(Cren"u*late Cren"u*la`ted) (- l?`t?d), a. [Dim. of crenate.] (Bot.) Minutely crenate.
Crenulation
(Cren`u*la"tion) n.
1. A minute crenation.
2. The state of being minutely scalloped.
Creole
(Cre"ole) n. [F. crole, Sp. criollo, from an American negro word, perh. a corruption of a Sp.
criadillo, dim. of criado servant, formerly also, child, fr. L. creatus, p. p. of creare to create. Cf. Create.]
One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were
