Canton Crape :: Canton crape () A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape..

Crapaudine :: Crapaudine (n.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.

Crapaudine :: Crapaudine (n.) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse.

Crape :: Crape (n.) A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen..

Crape :: Crape (n.) To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk..

Craped :: Craped (imp. & p. p.) of Crap.

Crapefish :: Crapefish (n.) Salted codfish hardened by pressure.

Craping :: Craping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crap.

Crapnel :: Crapnel (n.) A hook or drag; a grapnel.

Crappie :: Crappie (n.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species..

Crapple :: Crapple (n.) A claw.

Craps :: Craps (n.) A gambling game with dice.

Crapula :: Crapula (n.) Alt. of Crapul.

Crapule :: Crapule (n.) Same as Crapulence.

Crapulence :: Crapulence (n.) The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit.

Crapulent :: Crapulent (a.) Alt. of Crapulou.

Crapulous :: Crapulous (a.) Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses.

Crapy :: Crapy (a.) Resembling crape.

Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion..

Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract..

Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps..

Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) Same as Scrap iron, below..

Scrapbook :: Scrapbook (n.) A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept.

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.

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