CREVASSE, krev-as', _n._ a crack or split, esp. applied to a cleft in a
glacier: (_U.S._) a breach in a canal or river bank.--_v.t._ to fissure
with crevasses. [Fr.]
CREVET, krev'et, _n._ a variant of CRUET, a goldsmith's melting-pot.
CREVICE, krev'is, _n._ a crack or rent: a narrow opening. [O. Fr.
_crevace_--L. L.,--L. _crep[=a]re_, to creak.]
CREW, kr[=oo], _n._ a company, squad, or gang, often in a bad or
contemptuous sense: a ship's company. [O. Fr. _creue_,
increase--_croistre_, to grow.]
CREW, kr[=oo], _pa.t._ of CROW.