2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.]

Each man may crake of that which was his own.

Mir. for Mag.

Crake, n. A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.] Spenser.

Crake, n. [Cf. Icel. krāka crow, krākr raven, Sw. krňka, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crow.] (Zo÷l.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

Crake"ber`ry (-b?r`r?), n. (Bot.) See Crowberry.

Crak"er (kr?k"?r), n. One who boasts; a braggart. [Obs.] Old Play.

Cram (krăm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crammed (krămd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cramming.] [AS. crammian to cram; akin to Icel. kremja to squeeze, bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf. Cramp.] 1. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.

Their storehouses crammed with grain.

Shak.

He will cram his brass down our throats.

Swift.

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