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Cresset
- - An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions.
Crested
- verb - (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination; "golden crested"; "crested iris"; "crested oriole"; "tufted duck"; "tufted loosestrife"
- (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume
- bearing an heraldic device
- lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains"
- Peaked
- reach a high point; "The river crested last night"
Crewmen
- noun - a member of a flight crew
- a member of a work crew
- any member of a ship's crew
Cribbed
- verb - line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole"
- take unauthorized (intellectual material)
- use a crib, as in an exam
Cricked
- verb - twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck"
Cricket
- noun - a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
- leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
- play cricket
Crimped
- verb - curl tightly; "crimp hair"
- make ridges into by pinching together
Crimper
- noun - a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it; "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight"
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
Cringed
- verb - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- show submission or fear