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1. To grease, S.
_Kelly._
2. Metaph. applied to the use of money, S.
_Ferguson._
3. _To criesh one's lufe_, to give money as a veil, or as a bribe, S.
_Journal Lond._
~Creische~, ~Creesh~, _s._ Grease, S.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _graisse_, id.
2. A stroke, a blow, S.
_Ferguson._
~Creischie~, ~Creishy~, _adj._ Greasy, S.
_Lyndsay._
CREYST, _s._ One who is both diminutive and loquacious, Border.
Teut. _kroes-en_, to contract.
CREPARIS, _s. pl._ Grapnels of iron, S. _creepers_.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
CREVISH, _s._ A crayfish.
_Baillie._
CREWIS, _pres. v._ Perhaps, craves.
A. S. _craf-ian_, id.
_Houlate._
_To_ CRY, _v. a._ To proclaim the bans of marriage, S.
_To_ ~Cry~, _v. n._ To be in labour, S.
~Crying~, _s._ Childbirth, S.
_Galloway._
CRYKES, _pl. s._ Angles.
_Barbour._
A. S. _crecca_, a creek.
_To_ CRIMP, _v. a._ To plait nicely, S.
Sw. _krymp-a_, to shrink.
_To_ CRINCH, _v. a._
1. To grind with the teeth.
2. _To crinch the teeth_, to gnash.
Fr. _grinc-er les dents_, id.
CRINCH, _s._ A very small bit of any thing, S.
_To_ CRINE, CRYNE, _v. n._
1. To shrivel, S.
_Evergreen._
2. To diminish money by clipping it.
Ir. _krion-am_, to wither.
_Douglas._
CRINKIE-WINKIE, _s._ A contention, S. B.
Su. G. _kraenka_, to be vexed.
