A far cry, a long distance; -- in allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.
Cry"al (kr?"al), n. [Cf. W. creyr, cryr, crychydd. Cf. Cruer a hawk.] The heron [Obs.] Ainsworth.
Cry"er (-?r), n. [F. faucon gruyer a falcon trained to fly at the crane, fr. crye crane, fr. L. crus crane. Cf. Cryal.] The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.
Cry"ing, a. Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil.
Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the crying sin of our modern Christianity.
I. Taylor.
Cry`o*hy"drate (kr?`?-h?"dr?t), n. [Gr. kry`os cold + E. hydrate.] (Chem.) A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water. F. Guthrie.
Cry"o*lite (krī"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kry`os icy cold, frost + -lite: cf. F. cryolithe.] (Min.) A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina.
Cry*oph"o*rus (kr&isl;*&obreve;f"&osl;*rŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kry`os icy cold, frost + fe`rein to bear.] (Chem.) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32░ Fahr.
Crypt (kr&ibreve;pt), n. [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr. kry`pth, fr. kry`ptein to hide. See Grot, Grotto.] 1. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory.
Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and crypts the few fossils of antique learning.
Motley.
My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine.
Tennyson.
2. (Anat.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of LieberkŘhn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines.
Crypt"al (-al), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to crypts.
{ Cryp"tic (kr&ibreve;p"t&ibreve;k), Cryp"tic*al (-t?-kal), } a. [L. crypticus, Gr. kryptiko`s, fr. kry`ptein to hide.] Hidden; secret; occult. "Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working." Glanvill.
Cryp"tic*al*ly, adv. Secretly; occultly.
Cryp"ti*dine (kr?p"t?-d?n; 104), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden.] (Chem.) One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H11N; also, any one of several substances metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper.
||Cryp`to*bran`chi*a"ta (kr?p`t?-bra?`k?- ?"t?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden + L. branchia a gill.] (Zo÷l.) (a) A division of the Amphibia; the Derotremata. (b) A group of nudibranch mollusks.
Cryp`to*bran"chi*ate (-br??"k?-?t), a. (Zo÷l.) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.
Cryp`to*crys"tal*line (-kr?s"tal-l?n), a. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. crystalline.] (Geol.) Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope.
Cryp"to*gam (kr?p"t?-g?m), n. [Cf. F. cryptogame. See Cryptogamia.] (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. Henslow.
||Cryp`to*ga"mi*a (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-?), n.; pl. CryptogamiŠ (-&?;). [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret + ga`mos marriage.] (Bot.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds.
&fist; The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The following arrangement recognizes four classes: --
I. Pteridophyta, or Vascular Acrogens. These include Ferns, Equiseta or Scouring rushes, LycopodiaceŠ or Club mosses, SelaginelleŠ, and several other smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal plants called Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, and Calamites.
II. Bryophita, or Cellular Acrogens. These include Musci, or Mosses, HepaticŠ, or Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly CharaceŠ, the Stoneworts.
III. AlgŠ, which are divided into FlorideŠ, the Red Seaweeds, and the orders DictyoteŠ, O÷sporeŠ, Zo÷sporeŠ, ConjugatŠ, DiatomaceŠ, and CryptophyceŠ.
IV. Fungi. The molds, mildews, mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped into several subclasses and many orders. The Lichenes or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature, each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga.
{ Cryp`to*ga"mi*an (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-a]/>n), Cryp`to*gam"ic (kr?p`t?-g?m"?k), Cryp*to"gam*ous (#) } a. Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series.
Cryp*tog"a*mist (-m?st), n. One skilled in cryptogamic botany.
Cryp"to*gram (kr?p"t?-gr?m), n. A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.
Cryp"to*graph (-gr?f), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + -graph: cf. F. cryptographe.] Cipher; something written in cipher. "Decipherers of cryptograph." J. Earle.
Cryp*tog"ra*phal (kr?p-t?g"r?-fal), a. Pertaining to cryptography; cryptographical. Boyle.
Cryp*tog"ra*pher (kr?p-t?g"r?-f?r), n. One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.
{ Cryp`to*graph"ic (kr?p`t?-gr?f"?k), Cryp`to*graph"ic*al (kr?p`t?-gr?f"?-kal), } a. Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.
Cryp*tog"ra*phist (kr?p-t?g"r?-f?st), n. Same as Cryptographer.
Cryp*tog"ra*phy (-f?), n. [Cf. F. cryptographie.] The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.
Cryp*tol"o*gy (kr?p-t?l"?-j?), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + -logy.] Secret or enigmatical language. Johnson.
Cryp"to*nym (kr?p"t?-n?m), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; secret + &?;&?;&?;&?; name.] A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.
Cryp"to*pine (kr?p"t?-p?n; 104), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. opium.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
||Cryp*tu"ri (kr&ibreve;p*tū"rī), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden + o'yra` tail.] (Zo÷l.) An order of flying, dromŠognathous birds, including the tinamous of South America. See Tinamou.
Crys"tal (kr&ibreve;s"tal), n. [OE. cristal, F. cristal, L. crystallum crystal, ice, fr. Gr. kry`stallos, fr. kry`os icy cold, frost; cf. AS. crystalla, fr. L. crystallum; prob. akin to E. crust. See Crust, Raw.] 1. (Chem. & Min.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.
2. The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.
3. A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass.