CRAPPO, OR GENERAL CRAPAUD. Jack's name for a Frenchman, one whom he
thinks would be a better sailor if he would but talk English instead of
French.
CRARE, OR CRAYER. A slow unwieldy trading vessel of olden times. Thus
Shakspeare, in _Cymbeline_, with hydrographic parlance:--
"Who ever yet could sound thy bottom? Find
The ooze, to show what coast thy sluggish crare
Might easiliest harbour in?"
CRATER OF A MINE. Synonymous with _funnel_ (which see).
CRAVAISE. An Anglo-Norman word for cray-fish.
CRAVEN. An old term synonymous with _recreant_ (which see).
CRAWL. A sort of pen, formed by a barrier of stakes and hurdles on the
sea-coast, to contain fish or turtle. On the coast of Africa, a pen for
slaves awaiting shipment.
CRAWLING OFF. Working off a lee-shore by slow degrees.
CRAY-FISH. A lobster-like crustacean (_Astacus fluviatilis_) found in
fresh-water.
CRAZY. Said of a ship in a bad state.
CREAK. The straining noise made by timbers, cabin bulk-heads, and spars
in rolling.