1000000030

e n

when ils poinls look IOwanl, llor J.ouom; Hlrned

erefcént' hJre Iheir pOlnl! lookin.p' 10 lhe 11.- 'Ier lide

of lhe Ihldd ; eormncd cref.;enlS.

lhé finifln I,de ;

and alFronled crdeenlS. contrA! y 10 Ihe ado(féd, have

Iheir point' turnéd to eadl Other.

CRESrEN T, a term anHlOg

f.lr

riclS. Th1l' a horfe IS

I,id to

h~ve

eréfeents \\'hcn

Ih.tt

part uf the cnOin–

hor.e, whirh i, moUad,·aneed. f"lIs down

~nd

prdlrs

the fule olllwards, and the middle of her hoof ,bove

Ibrinb, and becomes n.t, by rcafon of lhe hullownefs

benmh it.

CRESCENTI A, in botan)',

genos of the didynamia

angiofpermia clals. The cahx is fpl it into t\Vo equal

pms; the corolla is gibhous; and Ihe bcrry is unilo–

eular, and eonlains many feeds. There is but ooe

fpeeir!. a

n~live

of j.t01diea.

CRF.SS

. or CRESSE S. in botany. See SISY"BRIU".

IlIdi,.

CRESS. See T •.

OP"'O LU ~t.

CRESSY, a P0rt·town of Piertrdy in franee, aboot for–

t)'-four miles fouth of Calais, aod tlVeoty.feveo north–

\Vdl of :\bberille,

re,"ar~able

00 .ceount of lhé viélo·

r)' ol.tained lhere ol'er the French,

Edw. ro

llL

England, in Ihe year

1346: E.

long

2°,

lat.

50°

20'.

CREST. in armour)', the top-pan of Ihe armour, for

the head, mouoling'OI er the helmet, in manner of a

comboor tufl of a coek, deriving itS Dame from

criJIa,.

a eoek'S combo

The eren IVas for the mon par! made of

fe~l hers,

or Ihe hair of horres tails or mains. The folJiers

100k grw pride in aoorning them.

CRES1', in heralJry, the uppermn(J part of an armomy,

th~t

part of the eaO, or helmet next tOthe m,nde.

Guillim fays, Ihe eren, or eogniunet, cJaims the

highen place, being feated on the mon eminent pan

of the helmet; )'et fo as tO admit of an interporition

of fome eferol, IVrealhe, ehapeau, erOIVn,

(re.

The eren is enwned a greater mark of nohility

than the armory; being borne at tourn, ments, to IVhieh

none IVere admitted ,iJl fueh time as they had gi"en

proof of Iheir nobilily: fometimes it ferves to dinin–

guiO. the femal branehes of a family; and it has fer–

\'ed, 00 omfion, as a diningllin.iog badge of faaions :

fometimes Ihe eren is taken for Ihe deviee ; bUI more

ufually is f"rmed of fome pieee of the arOls_ Families

Ihal exehange

UOIS

du not ebaoge thei r eren.

(',.rsT, among earvers, an imagery, or e"ved IVork, to

adorn the head or top of any thing, like our modern

(orniehe .

('R ln/nllllJ,

a fault of an horfe, IVhen the upper part

of his neek. eallcd Ihe erell, haogs tO ooe lide: this

Ihey ellf< by plaeing it upright, clipping away the

f)'ar<' fkin, and applying planm tu keep il in a propee

p"fillon.

CRESTED, fomething

furniO.ed

with a eren. See

CREn.

CRET>\, or CHALK , in natllral hinory. Sec CII AL •.

CREUX, a Freoeh term uferl among milis, and lite–

rally fi gnifics a hollolV e,vi:y or pit, out of IVhieh

fomelhing

h,,

I'een feoopeo or

JIIg:

whlnce il is ufed

VOL.

JI.

No.

"l.

e n

10 figniry

I h~t

kiod of feulpture, IVhere Ihe

I:n~s

and

figtll es are CUt anel formen IVilhin lhe faee or plao of

the

pl.te

n\.lrter engtal'ed; and thus it n.n

oppoli,i'.n 10 rehevo, IVhere the Jllles anel figures are

clllbo(ftd, .nd rife promillent .bove the

f.ee

of the

mmcr cngral'ed on.

EIV,

the eOOlpany of failors bclonging to a Ibip,

bo:tt, or olher v, (fel.

CREX, in ornithology. See RALLUS.

CI((IlHAGE, a game at eards, to b< learnt only by

pralliee.

CRIIlRATION, in pharOlJe)', the pafling any fubnanee

through a fie"e, Or fca,eh. in order 10 feparare the

finer

pilrticl~s

frum the gro(fcr.

CJUBR05UM

~',

in anatol)ly, eaJled alfo os ethmoides.

Ste Vol. 1. p. 157.

CR ICETUS, in zoology. See Mus.

CR ICK, among farriers, is when a horfe eannot turo

his oeek any manner of IVay, but holos it fure righ"

infomueh Ihat heeannol take his m':at rrom the grouod

.. ithout great paio.

CRI CKEl', io zoology. See GRYLLI' !.

/11./,

CRI CKET. See GRYL LOTALPA.

CRJCKLA OE, a borough·tolVo of WiltOlire, fituatcd

on Ihe rivre lfis, about twenty-fix miles fouth·wert

ofOxford:

\V .

long.

55',

and N.lat.

p 0

35'.

CRICO-AR YTANOIDJEUS, in aoatomy. See Vol.

CRICOIDES , in .n3toOly. See Vol.

,oo.

CRICO-THYROID}EUS, in anatoOly. See Vol.

p. 3

00.

CRIM, or CR IM-TARTARV, a peninfula in the

BI.ek

fea, belwecn

33°

and

3]0

long. and between

and

16°

1,(.

It is joincd

Little Tarrary by

narrow illhmus.

CR IME, the tranfgrefli(,.. of

law, ei,her oatural or di –

I'ine, civil or ecclefiallie.

CRIMSON, ooe of Ihe fcven red eoloms of the dym.

~ee

DYI NC.

CIUNONES, among phyfieíans, fmalllt'orms that breed

io the O,io,

eall~d

alfo draeuneuli .

CRINU ~I ,

in bOlany, a genus of tbe hexandria mono–

~yni

I clafs. The eorolla is tunnel.lbapeJ, ano con–

fins of onc

Ir-

r, dil'i·led iote fix f<glOr.nts; and th.

rermen is at ,..

bOllom of the eorolla. Th"e are

four fpecics, none of thtm r.atives of llrilain.

CRISIS, in medicine, is ured in diffmnr fenfes, hoth

b)' the anci:nt ano modero phyficiaos. \Vit" lome it

mel ns frcqocndy no more ,han ,he exerc,ioo of any

noxiotls fubU,nce from ,he body. Olhers take the

IVord fo r a fécrelion of Ihe noxious huntours maoc io

f<ver. Olhcrs ufe it fm Ihe cri,ical mOl ion itr" lr;

~n' l

Galen defines 3 Cl ifis io fevers, a fudd:o and in–

f1.IO

,aneous eh"oge,'cither (or Ih. b<lI<r or Ihe \\'orfe,

procluéli"e uf rceover)' or d<a,h.

1ST

fE,

ftlr~ery,

a lcrm for eemin exercfccnw a-

hotlt Ihe aous

.011

pudend,. See Vol.

p. 151 .

CRI STA GA

I.LI

, ill anawmy. Sce Vol. I P. 15;.

CRI!TAGAL t.l. or Con', co "o . Se<

RHI S A~

I'Ht'"

CRI !

PAVONIS, in botany. See I'OINClH ., .

CRITER Il'M,