Cru"ci*ble steel. Cast steel made by fusing in crucibles crude or scrap steel, wrought iron, and other ingredients and fluxes.
Cruise (?), v. i. (Forestry) To inspect forest land for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
Cruise, v. t. 1. To cruise over or about.
2. (Forestry) To explore with reference to capacity for the production of lumber; as, to cruise a section of land.
Cruis"er (?), n. Specif.: (Nav.) A man-of-war less heavily armed and armored than a battle ship, having great speed, and generally of from two thousand to twelve thousand tons displacement.
||Crux an*sa"ta (?). [L., cross with a handle.] A cross in the shape of the ankh.
Cry*om"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; cold, frost + -meter.] (Physics) A thermometer for the measurement of low temperatures, esp. such an instrument containing alcohol or some other liquid of a lower freezing point than mercury.
Cu"bism (k"bz'm), n. (Painting) A movement or phase in post-impressionism (which see, below). -- Cu"bist (#), n.
||Cu*cul"lus (?), n.; pl. Cuculli (#). [L., a hood.] 1. (Bot.) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals.