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U7 Cribbage face. A thin wrinkled face. Cricks. I^^y hedgewood. Folwhele, Cricket. A low three legged stool. Crickly. Frail, rickety. Cricklin. Breaking down from overweight, also, stoop- ing in walking. " Cricklin along." Cripse. To craze, or injure the edges of anything brittle, as of glass or china. Crim. A crumb. A little bit of anything. Crissy-CrOSSy. Criss-cross. Crock. A three legged iron pot used in cooking. Crogen. A shell. It is a Celtic Cornish word. (Crog- ^a?z5 limpet shells. M.A.c.) ..^.fr^-^^^-^ -i-.^ '^ ^ Cromlech. (pi'o. krom'lek.) A term applied to ancient Celtic constructions consisting of a large flat stone supported on three or more other stones set on end. Once supposed to be altars but now judged to be ancient British tombs. This is a Celtic word derived from Uk, a flat stone, and hrum^ crooked, and according to Borlase, Cromlech means literally, a crook- ed flat rock, or stone. Crooks. Glreat wooden hooks used saddle fashion on horses, donkeys, and mules, for carrying goods. Also called pannier-crooks. Croom. A small bit, a short time. "Give us a croom." ^* Wait a croom."