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CR !\R RO,

ill

z0010~y,

Seo T ESTHREDO.

~CO.~,

ill bOI_ny. See VI CI A.

CR:\CKF.R, ill 0rnahulogy, Scc ANAl.

CR".COW. by

(u'lIe

accounted Ihe eapil.1eily o( 1'0-

land, is litllllcd ill ll,e prOl'inee of I,nle 1'01.lnd, "lid

pAIAI"'.,," of CracolV, in a line plane near lhe banks of

lhe V,nulo.

has an univerlil Y, anel is lhe

(e~

of a

bilhop, anel lhe feal of lhe fupreme eourts of julliee :

i'l Ibnds aboul

140

miles fomh·weHof \VarfaIV, in

I ~o

JO'

long. aO(I

50°

I:tL

CRADL E,

IVdl kllown maehine in whieh inf.lnll

are

roeked

IIcep.

denoles alfo thAl part of the noek of a erofs bow

where Ihe bullel is

put.

CUOLE, in furgery, a eafe in whieh a broken

le~

lald after bcing reL

CRAOLl, among fhipw righlS ,

timber franle nude

a–

long lhe oUlfide ol' a

n"p by

the bdg , fur lhe conveni–

ene, of IAunching htr WJ!h eafe Antl f,lfety.

CRAFT, in Ihe fea.b nguage,

lignir.~s

all m,lnner of

nm, lines, Ihloks,

.te.

ured in fifh ing. Hence all

fueh liule vell;'ls as kClehcs, Loys, ano rlllacks,

&e.

ufed in lhe filhing trade, are ealled (lII,dl erafL

CRAIL, or CARf lL, a

parliam~nl

town of Seodand,

fi luJted on the fea·eoall of lhe eouoly of F,fe, abóu t

feven miles foulh·eall of S, Andrews: W. long.

20'

and N. lal.

bO L{

CRAiIIBE,

'W'¡d

!F.A·CASBAGE, in botany, a genus of

Ihe letradynamia filiq uofa c1,fs. The four long fila–

ments ale forked at the points, and the anlherle are

fl~ed

upon one of them; the (¡crry is dry, globular,

ano deciduous. The fpeeies are Ihree, only one of

whieh,

viz.

lhe maritima, or rea·eolewort, is a native

nf Brilain.

CR AMP, in medicine, a eonvulfive contradion of a muf–

cular pan of the body.

CRAMP Fi SIl . See T ORPEDO.

CR AM'

I RO ~,

or CRAMPI, a pieee of iron bent al eaeh

end, whieh ferves tO f.(teo IOgelher pieees of woO<l,

1I0ne" or other

Ihing~.

CR.~

'[PER, in iehthyology. See CVPRINUS.

CRAMPONE'E, in hmldry, an epilhet gi"en to

erof, IVhieh has

eaeh end • eramp or fq uare pieee–

eoming.from il ; Ih.1 from thearm inehid towa rds the

finiller

an~le,

lhal from the . rm on thal fide down–

wuds, tha! from the arm in bafe towards the dexler

fid~,

and lh. t froOl lhe dexter arOl upwards. Sce

ate LXVI fig.

CR:\NAGE, Ihe hbetty uf ufing a eralle al a wharf,

and alfo the moncy paid for drawihg up \Vares out of

n,ip,

&<.

wilh

erane.

CRANE, in ornitltology. See ARDEA.

C 'A~E,

in meeh nies, a .nachine ufed in building and

eommeree for rAlling large lIones and olher weights.

ce.

[ ~

IIAS I

CI.

F.'

S BILL,

among furgeons, a kincl of foreeps, fo

edll,,1 (rom its figure.

Cl AN 2

' S

BILL, in botany. Sce GERANIU>I.

C"NE-fLV, in toology. See TI' ULA .

eRA GANOR, a Dutch

élory on the _[óbar·coan,

R A

in the hilher India, aboul thirty miles nonó of Coehin'

E. long. 75

5', and N. lat.

10°.

•

CRAN IOLARIA, in botany, a genus of lhe didynamia

angiofpermia clars. Tite pcrianthium eonfins of four

leaves, and lhe fpalha of one; and lhe tube of lhe co–

rolla is "ery long. There are two fpeeies, none of

lhem n"ives of Britain.

CRi\N IUM, inanalomy. See Vol.

151 .

CRANNY, in glafs-m.king, an iron·inllrumenl, where–

with Ihe nceks of glalfcs.are

for~ed .

CRAPE , in eommeree,

kinel of nutr, made in ¡he

manneTof g,luze, with raw filk, gummed and twified

on lhe mili .

CRAI'ULA, among phyfieians. See SURFEI'I'.

CRASIS, amollg

phyfici.ns

, is ufeJ

fignify fueh a

due mixture of qualities in a human body, as eonni–

IUles a lIate of heallh.

CRASSAMENT UM, in phyóe, the thiek red or .fi –

brou! pa" of

th~

blood, otherlViíe ealled cruor,

eontraJtllinélion

lhe ftrum or aqueous parto

CRASSU LA , in bOlany, a genus of Ihe pemandria

pentag)'nia clafs. Thecalix eonfifis

five Imes, aod

the eorolla of fi ve petals; ,here are

fi ve

oeél.riferou$.

gl,nds al the bafe of the germen; and it has five cap–

fules. There are

fpeeics,

oone.of

them nati"es of

Bri",in.

eR AT

A'.GUS,

in botany, a eenus of the icofandria

digyni. ciar,. The ealix has five fegmenta, and

t.he

eorolla

fi"e

pelals; Ihe berry is below lhe flower, and

eontains t\Vo reeds. T here are nine fpeeies, three of

",hieh are natives of Rritaio,

viz.

lhe aria, or while

bean·tree; the torminalis, ferviee·tree, or fo,b; and

lhe oxyaeantha, while-thorn, or ha\Vthorn.

CRATCHES, in lhe menage, a fwelling on the panero,

under the fet loek, anel fometimes under lhe hoof ; fo ,

\Vhich reafon it is difiinguillled into the fineIV erateh..,.

whieh affe-d the fine\V, Qnel thofe upoo the erOllet,.

eall~d

quincr·bones.

C~ATER,

in afhonomy. See Vol.

487.

CRATEVA, in botany, a geous

lhe polyandria mono)

g)'nia dars.

CRATO, a IOwn of Alentejo, in Portugal, Gluated ••

bout feven miles fouth of Portalegre:

loog.

8°

¡.

and N. lat.

38°

¡O'.

CR.". VEN, in geography, a divifion of the \Ven riding.

of Yorklhire, filll"ed on the river

.~re.

CRAX, in ornllhology, a genus of bird¡, belonging 10

lhe order of galiln:\!. The bale

Ihe beak of

e.eh

mandlble is eovered \Vith wax; and the fealhers of Ihe'

head are euded. There are fi"e fpeeies,

vh.

The

.leealOr, or Indian hen of Sloane, is about the fize of

a rommon hen:

is black, with a white bdly.

¡\

yellolV \Vax eol'cr5 abOll1one half of eaeh mandible:

The

ton~ue

is entire ; the lemples are bare, and blaek;

the tail i, rounclilh, and ronfills of 14 prime f'.lhers;

and il has no fpur.

i, foun" in lhe \wm

p~rts ~f

Ameliea.

The rubr.I, or Peru, iAn heo, is red,

"'Jlh • blueilh

he.eI

is a n.IiI'Cof Peru. 3. 111c

milu, ur Brafilian rheafant, is blaek, wilh a dun,y

bdl)', and red wax:

is a oHive of Guinea aod

n,,-

ti:..