Cra*co"vi*an (kr?-k?"v?-an), a. Of or pertaining to Cracow in Poland.
||Cra*co`vi*enne" (kr?-k?`v?-?n"), n. [F., fr. Cracow, the city.] (Mus.) A lively Polish dance, in 2-4 time.
Cra"cowes (kr?"k?z), n. pl. Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the fourteenth century. Fairholt.
Cra"dle (krād'l), n. [AS. cradel, cradol, prob. from Celtic; cf. Gael. creathall, Ir. craidhal, W. cryd a shaking or rocking, a cradle; perh. akin to E. crate.] 1. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty.
The cradle that received thee at thy birth.
Cowper.
No sooner was I crept out of my cradle
But I was made a king, at nine months old.
Shak.