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iil. 4. Tbe ~Iobicera, has a yellow protuber.~nce be·
tween thi ilollrils;.'aná is 'ofa blueilJi blaek co!oúr: It
;" likewife l Danve of ·Brazi\; . J; The páUKI, or
Mé~ican pheaCaDt of BriJl'oolul; is of a· blueilh eoloor,
with·blo¿ wax', and tbe tip of tbe taiJ.and belly.white:
h is' a'DlItive' of Mexieo:
CRAYON, a oame for aU eoloure\:! /lonea, eartha,
orothmnirteralS ufed in defignillg 'or paintiog 'in palrel.
Crayons may be made of aoy colour,' and adapted for
the faces of nien, \\lomen, Iandfcapes, e1ouds, fun·
beeml'; ·buildióga, aod Ibadow~, iDthe follbwing mano
ner: Take pla!!er of Pam, or a1aballer ealcined, aod
of the eolour of whieh you iotend to make your eray'
ÓOI, "iI ·fufficiént·quaotity: grffid them fidl afuoder,
and thep togetber, and with a \ittle water make them
¡~O·ii'páae;' theo 1'011 tbem with your hand bpon the
griodiog Ilone ioto long pieees, and let them dry mo·
derately in the ai~: wheo tbey are to be ufed, [erape
tliem to a· poiot Iike a eOn):non peocil.
CREAM,' tbe fat pan of me milk' that fwims epoo the
iurll!ce\
CREHI of larlar. See CHEMI STRV,
CREAT, io tlie menage, an ulber to a ridiog malter ¡
or, a gentleman bred in the academy, with inteot to
triake himfel(capable of teaching the art of ridiog the
great horre.
CREATION, ihe pro®,eing [omethi~g out of oothing,
whith IIriélly and properly is tne e/feét of the power
of God alooe, all other ereations being 001 ytransformo
ations, or /hape.
CREDENT/ALS, letrers of reeoJllmeodatio;, acd
power, eCpeeially fueb as are giveo tO ambajfadQr" or
publie minillers, by tbe prinee or lIate that feodsIbero
to foreign eourtl.
CREDIBiLlTY, a fpedes of evidenee, lefs iAdeed
thao abrolute eerrainty or demonllcatioo, bUI greater
tbao mere poffibility :·it ly allied to probability,
aod feemuo be ameao betweeo poílibililraod dellloo,
flratióo.
CREDIT, io eommerce, a mutual !rull ot loan oE mer–
elr.!odiz~, or money, on the reputation of the probity
and fuflicieoey oh dealet. See·CoMM ERCE.
CRED~~ON, a market-town io Devonlhire, confider.
abte ror a good IVoolen manufaé!ory: it is fituated a.
b\>ll! :¡jine ·milés norm·well of Exeter, io 3° ~o' W.
loog. and soo Sé N. lat;
CREDII1'OR, ·a perron tO whom.any fum of mooey is
¿uc, either by obligatioo, -promire, or 6therwiCe.
CREED, a brief fummaryof the anieles of a Ch/illian's
belief.
The' moll ancieD! form of creeds is tbat wbieh goes
uodet the oame of the apollolie creed; befides this,
there are feveral other aneieot forros ana fcattered
remains of creeds 10 be' met with in the p,imiti1e re.
cords of the ehureh. The firll is a.form of apolloli.
cal doétrioe, eoUeéled by Origen; the fecond is a
fragmeqt of a creed preferved byTertulliao; the third
remainl of a creed, is io the 'works of Cypriao¡ the
fourth, a creed compofed by Gregory Thauroaturgus
for the his own ehureh ; the Hth, the creed .of
Luciao the martyr.¡ tbe hth, tbe creed of !.he ajo.
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1I0lieal coofiitutioos. Befides thefe feattered rtmaint
uf the aoeient creed!, tbere are extaot fome- p~rfeét
forros, as thofe 'of jerufalem, Crefarea, Aonoeh, &c.
The moll uoiverfal creeds are, the apollolieal, !he
Athaoafiao, aod tbe Nieeoe emds.
CREEK, the pan of a haven wbere aoy thiog is landed
from ~· fea.
CREEPER, ·in ornithology. See (;:ERTHJ.A.
CREMA, a bítpnd bilbop's fee of Italy, eapilal of a
dillriéi of the Mdaoefe, ealled from it CremaCeo: it
Jlandil almoU io Ibe middle betweeo Milao aod Mao–
tua, in 10° IS/ E. long. and 4S0 20' N. lat.
CREMASTER, io an~tomy. See Vol. l. P.272.
CREMONA, a eityof Italy, aod capital of a di/lrlé! of
the Milaoefe. call~d from it th" Cremonefe, i. 6tuated
forry.five nliles /Outh'-eaJl o( Milan, iD '1·0°' 3Q'. E.
long. aod 4¡0 N. lat.·
CRENATED, ' io botany. See Vel. 1. p. 640'
CRENCLES, io a Ibip, fm all rapes, fplieed ioto tbe
balt.ropes of tbe fails of the maio·maa and fore·man.
They are fallened to tbe bow.lio~ bridles; and m al·
fo 10 hold bl' wheo a bonoet is lhakeo off.
CREN-ELLE, or IMBArTLsD, in heraldry,. iB ufed
when aoy hooourable ordioary is drawo, like 'rile. b~r.
¡lemenlSon a waJl to defeod meo from tbe eoerolel
Ibor. See Plate LXVI. fig. 6.
CRENOPHYLAX, in antiquity, amagillrateatArbeos,
whn had the inrpeétion of fouotains.
CREPANCE, in tbe menage, a ehop, or crateb, in a
horfe's leg, giveo by tbe fpunges of the Ihoes of one
df the hinder feet eroffing and lIriking againll/the o·
ther hioder foor. Tbis erateh degenerares .iDlo an
ulcer.
CREPIS, in botaoy, a geous of tbe fyoge~er¡a polyg~mia reqtralis dafs. The reeeptade iS'llaked; Ihecahx
is ealieulated, with deciduous feales¡ and the p¡appus
is plumofe, aod furni/hed wilh a IIipes. The fp:C!I~" ~re
fourteeo, three 'of whieh are natives of Bntatn,';V/z,
the teétarum, or fm~oth fuecory hawJr,weed'¡í
eoois, or rough furcory hawk·weed ¡ ,aoeL.lhe fa:llda,
Or Iliokíng hawk-weed.
CR F..PUNDIA, io anriqoity, a le:m ufed t~ , exprefs
fueh things as were expoCed along wnb chlldren, as
rings, jewels, &c. ferving as tokeos wbereby theyaf·
lerwards might be knowo.
CRESCENT, the nelV' mooo, whieb, as it .beglos to
reeede from the f~n¡ Ihews a liute rim 01'Iight, ter'
minaring in poiots, ealled horns, thar are lIill.coc: ea•
c,ng, till it is in oppofition to Ihe fun, at whlch lime
ir.is full moon, .or quite rouod.
CRESC ENT, io heraldry, a beariog in form of a,ncw
mooo. See PJare,LXV. 6g. 10. .
le i~llfed eitber as an booourable Peanog, .or lis the
differcoce to diUiog¡¡ilh bel~'eco eJder and ~'Oung~ fa·
nlilies; this being generally aíligned to Ihe,[econd fon,
and.thofe Ihat defeend from,himc ..The:6guft o~~e
crefcem is Ihe Turkilh f)'m601, witb its poiolsloo~lDg
towards Ihe top of the cIlief, whien is ils OlOlT ordina'
ry repreCentation, ealled eref~ent montaD!. Crefcents
are'raid to be adolfed whentheit backslarf tqrnedLO'
, . ' be ' d
ward¡ caeh oth,er¡ a erefceol i, faid tO !llfeI1
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