crow to pluck
to have a dispute or issue to resolve
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crow to pull
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Crow's Nest
The "look out'* — originally a barrel fixed to the masthead of an old- fashioned whaling-ship. Crowd, Croud, or Crouth. An ancient Celtic species of fiddle with from three to six strings (Welsh crwth). Hence crowder, a player on a crowd. The last noted player on this instru- ment was John Morgan, who died in 1720.
crowbar hotel
Jail.
crowd
A fiddle: probably from CROOTH, the Welch name for that instrument.
crowd in on
To surround or press in on someone closely
crowd sail
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
crowdy
Oatmeal and water, or milk; a mess much eaten in the north.
Crown of the East
Antioch, capital of Syria, which consisted of four walled cities, encompassed by a common rampart, that "enrounded them like a coronet.
crown office
The head. I fired into her keel upwards; my eyes and limbs Jack, the crown office was full; I s--k-d a woman with her a-e upwards, she was so drunk, that her head lay on the ground.
Crown Prince
The title of the heir-apparent to the throne in some countries, as Sweden, Denmark, and Japan (formerly also in Ger- many).
crown to put them down
The necessity has long since ceased, but the office remains; and, since 1740, when a Member of Parliament wishes to vacate his seat, one way of doing so is by applying for the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; for no member of Parliament may resign his seat, but if he accepts an office of profit under the Crown he is obliged to be re-elected if he wishes to remain a member.
crowned with bays
A reward of victory: from the custom that obtained in ancient Rome of so crowning a victorious general.
Crowns of Egypt
Ancient Egypt was divided into two parts, Upper Egypt, or the South Land, and Lower Egypt, or the Northern Land, the kings styling themselves suten bat, kings of the north and south. As ruler of the two countries each king wore the crown made up of the White Crown of the South and the Red Crown of the North, and it is from this crown, named Pschent, that they can be distin- guished in hieroglyphics or on monuments.
crows will not pick out crows eyes
People will not criticize or punish those of their own kind
crowsfeet
Wrinkles which gather in the corners of the eyes of old or dissipated people.
cruel mistress
Something that is attractive but also punishing or unkind
crug
Bread.
crug
Food. Christ’s Hospital boys apply it only to bread.
cruisers
Beggars, or highway spies, who traverse the road, to give intelligence of a booty; also rogues ready to snap up any booty that may offer, like privateers or pirates on a cruise.
crumb cruncher
A child.
crumb crusher
A child.
crumb grinder
A child.
crumb snatcher
A child.
crumbs
"to pick up one’s CRUMBS," to begin to have an appetite after an illness; to improve in health, circumstances, &c., after a loss thereof.
crummy
Fat, fleshy. A fine crummy dame; a fat woman. He has picked up his crumbs finely of late; he has grown very fat, or rich, of late.
crummy
Fat, plump.—North. In London street slang, lousy.
crummy-doss
A lousy or filthy bed.
crumpet
A sexually attractive person or, collectively, people; usually referring to women.
crumpet-face
A face pitted with small-pox marks.
crunch
To crush. Perhaps from the sound of teeth grinding against each other.
crunch numbers
to calculate or analyze data, especially financial information
Cruscan School
A school of poetry started by some young Englishmen at Florence in the latter part of the 18th century. Their silly, sentimental affectations, which appeared in the World and the Oracle, created for a time quite a furore, but were mercilessly gibbeted in the Baviadand Mceviad of GifTord (1794 and 1795).
crush
To run or decamp rapidly. CRUSH DOWN SIDES, run to a place of safety, or the appointed rendezvous.—North Country Cant.
crush it
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
crushed fey his honours
The allusion is to the legend of the Roman damsel, Tarpeia, who agreed to open the gates of Rome to King Tatius, provided his soldiers would give her the ornaments which they wore on their arms. As they entered they threw their shields on her and crushed her, saying as they did so, "These are the ornaments worn by Sabines on their arms.
crushing
Excellent, first-rate.
crusted port
When port is first bottled its fermentation is not complete; m time it precipitates argol on the sides of the bottle, where it forms a crust. Crusted port, there- fore, is port which has completed its fermenta- tion. A splash of whitewash is usually dabbed on the bottle so that it will be kept the right way up, for careless movement would cause the crust to slip and spoil the wine.
crusty
Ill-tempered, petulant, morose.—Old, said to be a corruption of the Anglo-Norman CORUSEUX.
crusty beau
One that uses paint and cosmetics, to obtain a fine complexion.
crux pectoralis
The cross which bishops of the Church of Rome suspend over their breast.
cry all the way to the bank
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
cry cupboard
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
cry down
to criticize or express strong disapproval of something
cry for help
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
cry in one's beer
to feel sorry for oneself
cry off
To cancel something previously arranged with someone.
cry one's eyes out
To cry extremely intensely
cry oneself to sleep
To cry until one falls asleep
cry quits
When two boys quarrel, and one has had enough, he says, "Cry quits," mean- ing, "Let us leave off, and call it a drawn game." Sb in an unequal distribution, he who has the largest share restores a portion and "cries quits," meaning that he has made the distribution equal. Here quit means "acquittal" or discharge.
cry someone a river
to feel intense sorrow or sadness for someone
cry the blues
to complain or express sadness about something
cry wolf
To raise a false alarm or make a false claim
crying shame
A situation that is very disappointing or unfair
crystal clear
Completely understandable or transparent
crystal dick
a person, usually male, who is extremely fragile or sensitive
Crystal Palace
This was one of the glories of the Victorian era.
crème de la crème
The best or most skilled people in a particular field
cub
An unlicked cub; an unformed, ill-educated young man, a young nobleman or gentleman on his travels: an allusion to the story of the bear, said to bring its cub into form by licking. Also, a new gamester.
cub
A mannerless uncouth lout.—See UNLICKED.
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