Chapter Crescentwise to Cribbage of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

1. With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.

Let it make thee crestfullen;
Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride.
Shak.

2. Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; — said of a horse.

Cresting
(Crest"ing), n. (Arch.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.

Crestless
(Crest"less), a. Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. "Crestless yeomen." Shak.

Cresylic
(Cre*syl"ic) a. [From Creosote.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc.

Cresylic acid. (Chem.) See Cresol.

Cretaceous
(Cre*ta"ceous) a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.] Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.

Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. — Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; — called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. — Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.

Cretaceously
(Cre*ta"ceous*ly), adv. In a chalky manner; as chalk.

Cretan
(Cre"tan) a. Pertaining to Crete, or Candia. — n. A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.

Crete
(Crete) n. [L. Cres, Cretis.] A Cretan

Cretian
(Cre"tian) a. & n. See Cretan.

Cretic
(Cre"tic) n. [L. Creticus Gr. Kritiko`s prop., a Cretan (metrical) foot.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- &ssmile -). Bentley.

Creticism
(Cre"ti*cism) n. Falsehood; lying; cretism.

Cretin
(Cre"tin) n. [F. crétin; of uncertain origin.] One afflicted with cretinism.

Cretinism
(Cre"tin*ism) n. [F. crétinisme.] A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.

Cretinous
(Cre"tin*ous) a. Having the characteristics of a cretin. "Cretinous stupefaction." Ruskin.

Cretism
(Cre"tism) n. [Gr. lying, fr. to act like a Cretan, that is, to lie. "The Cretians are always liars." Titus i. 12.] A Cretan practice; lying; a falsehood.

Cretonne
(Cre*tonne") n. [F., gr. Creton, its first manufacturer.]

1. A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.

2. A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.

3. A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.

Cretose
(Cre"tose) a. [L. cretosus, fr. creta chalk.] Chalky; cretaceous. [Obs.] Ash.

Creutzer
(Creut"zer) (kroit"ser) n. See Kreutzer.