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Word Meanings - SHRIGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.

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  • CRITICISER
    One who criticises; a critic.
  • CRINICULTURAL
    Relating to the growth of hair.
  • CRIBBER; CRIB-BITER
    A horse that has the habit of cribbing.
  • CRINGLE
    An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc. (more info) 1. A withe for fastening a gate.
  • CRISPER
    One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla.
  • CRIBELLUM
    A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders , used for spinning a special kind of silk.
  • CRICKETER
    One who plays at cricket.
  • CRIBRATE
    Cribriform.
  • SHRIGHT
    imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.
  • CRIBBING
    A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc. 4. A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a
  • CRIMINATORY
    Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience.
  • CRITICALLY
    1. In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly. Critically to discern good writers from bad. Dryden. 2. At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation. place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification
  • CRIMPER
    One who, or that which, crimps; as: A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape. A device for giving hair a wavy apperance. A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
  • CRIMPY
    Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.
  • CRITICASTER
    A contemptible or vicious critic. The rancorous and reptile crew of poeticules, who decompose into criticasters. Swinburne.
  • CRIMPAGE
    The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
  • CRIPPLY
    Lame; disabled; in a crippled condition. Mrs. Trollope.
  • CRIER
    One who cries; one who makes proclamation. Specifically, an officer who proclams the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier. He openeth his mouth like a crier. Ecclus. xx. 15.
  • CRICK
    The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. Johnson.
  • CRINKLED
    Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag. "The crinkled lightning." Lowell.
  • PALEOCRINOIDEA
    A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks.
  • SACRILEGIOUS
    Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious. Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. pope. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n.
  • ENCRINUS
    A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.
  • HYPERCRITICALLY
    In a hypercritical manner.
  • ONIROCRITIC
    See ONEIROCRITIC
  • DISCRIMINOUS
    Hazardous; dangerous. Harvey.
  • SCRIBABLE
    Capable of being written, or of being written upon.
  • LUCRIFIC
    Producing profit; gainful.
  • ACRIDLY
    In an acid manner.
  • SCRIBBLE
    To card coarsely; to run through the scribling machine.
  • PROCRIS
    Any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larvæ of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.
  • SACRIFICANT
    One who offers a sacrifice.
  • RESCRIPTIVE
    Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining.

 

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