Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse.
Dryden.
Crutched (kr?cht), a. 1. Supported upon crutches.
2. [See Crouch, v. t., and Crouched, a. ] Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.
Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and crouched friar.
Cruth (kr?th), n. [W. crwth.] (Mus.) See 4th Crowd.
||Crux (krŭks), n.; pl. E. Cruxes (-&ebreve;z), L. Cruces (kr&udd;"sēz). [L., cross, torture, trouble.] Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. Dr. Sheridan.
The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists.
Strauss.
||Cru*za"do (kr?-z?"d?), n. A coin. See Crusado.
||Crwth (kr&oomac;th), n. [W.] (Mus.) See 4th Crowd.
Cry (krī), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cried (krīd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crying.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. Quarrel a brawl, Querulous.] 1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice.
Matt. xxvii. 46.
Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice.
Shak.
Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee.
Ps. xxviii. 2.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord.
Is. xl. 3.
Some cried after him to return.
Bunyan.
2. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart.
Is. lxv. 14.
I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman.
Shak.