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 Crapaudaille: f. A crue of ouglie knaues, of noysome Rogues; a packe of base, and beastlie Scowndrels.

Crapaudeau: m. A young, or little, Toad.

Crapaudine: f. The stone Chelonitis, or, the Toad-*stone; also, the square peece of yron, &c, wherein the Piuot playes, or turnes, in the bottome of a Gate; some of our workmen call it, the sole.

Crapaudon: m. A young Toad.

Crape: m. The Crabfish tearmed, a Pungar.

Crappaude: f. The sea-Toad, or sea-Diuell; (an ouglie, and rauenous fish.)

Crappe. as Crappaude. Crapule: f. Drunkennesse, or drunken surfetting; heauinesse of the head by excessiue drinking.

Craquant: m. ante: f. Cracking, creaking, crashing, clashing.

Craquelin: m. A Cracknell; made of the yolks of egges, water, and flower; and fashioned like a hollow trendle; hence also, a little light cap of that fashion.

Craquement: m. A cracking, creaking, clashing.  Craquement des dents. The crashing of the teeth.

Craquer. To cracke, to creake; to crash; to clash.

Craquetant: m. ante: f. Cracking, creaking; crashing often.  Cerceau craquetant. The ierting circle made by a Peacocke with his tayle, by a Turkie-cocke with his wings.

Craqueter. Often to cracke, creake, clash, crash.

Craquetis: m. An often creaking, clashing, cracking, crashing.

Cras. as Croye. Chalke. ¶Villageois. Cras. as Chraies; Choake-Peares.

Crasse: f. (Thick-growne) filth, or ordure; slouenrie, sluttishneße, greasinesse, bawdinesse, nastineße; loathsome array.  Crasse de bronze. The skumme of melted Brasse.  Crasse de la teste. Dandriff; the skales that fall from the head, &c, in combing, &c.

Crasseusement. Filthily, nastily, greasily, bawdily, stouenly, sluttishly.

Crasseux: m. euse: f. Filthie, greasie, bawdie, begreased, nastie, durtie, slouenlie, sluttish, full of vncleanenesse, full of ordure.  Plus crasseux que la tasse d'un Meseau. More loathsome then a Lazers dish.

Crassi. A certaine Jtalian coyne worth about j d. q. Crassitie: f. as Crassitude. Crassitude: f. Thicknesse, fatnesse, grossenesse.

Cravant: m. The small Goose, or Goose-like fowle, tearmed, a Brigander.

Cravanté: m. ée: f. Oppressed, foyled, or spoyled with excessiue toyle, or stripes.

Cravanter. To oppresse, foyle, or spoyle with excessiue toyle, or stripes.

Craye: f. Chalke.  Mal de craye. The stone-Cray; a disease in Hawkes.

Crayé: m. ée: f. Chalked; marked, whited, scowred, or cleansed, with chalke.

Crayement: m. A chalking; a marking, dressing, scowring, or cleansing, with chalke.

Crayer. To chalke; to dreße, marke, white, scowre, or clense, with chalke.

Crayon: m. Dry painting; or, a painting in, or Picture of, dry colours; also, the Table whereon a Painter mingleth (such) colours; and the first draught, or lineaments of a picture, made with any of them; hence also, a patterne, or example.

Crayonné: m. ée: f. Painted, or drawne in dry colours; also, rudely drawne, as a Picture is at the first.

Crayonner. To paint, or draw in dry colours; also, to draw the first lines, or make the first draught, of a Picture.

Creable. as Credible; or, Croyable. Creac, ou Creal; a Sturgeon. ¶Langued. Creac de Busc. The Scate-fish.

Creance: f. Faith, beleefe; trust, affiance, confidence; also, credulitie, or credulousnesse; also, credit with Marchants, &c; also, a debt entrusted; also, docible-*nesse ; apprehension of, or obedience vnto, precepts; also, behauiour, fashion, carriage, good or ill manners; also, a taste, or essay taken of another mans meat; also, a Hawkes cryants.  La creance d'un Embassadeur. The effect, or substance of his Embassage, referred vnto his owne report.  Lettres de creance. Letters of trust, and credence; wherein the writer wills, that his messenger be credited in those things which he shall deliuer by word of mouth.

Creancer. To promise; to assure by his promise, to vnder-*take vpon his word (v. m.) also, to tast another mans meat, or drinke; to play the taster.

Creancier: m. A creditor, or truster.

Creanciere: f. A creditrix; the woman that trusteth.

Createur: m. A Creator; maker, framer; founder.

Creation: f. A creation, creating, framing, making.

Creature: f. A creature; a thing made of nothing.  Il est creature d'un tel Seigneur. He is the creature of, or hath beene onely aduaunced by, such a Lord; he hath made him all that he is; but for him he had beene of no wealth, no credit, no authoritie.

Crecerelle: f. A Rattle, or Clacke for children to play with; also, a Kestrell, Fleingall, or Fuck-*winde.

Credence. as Creance. Tesmoing de credence. That deposes onely what he beleeues, or thinkes is true, without any absolute, or further, assuring of it.

Credence d'argent. Siluer plate; or, a cupboord of siluer plate.

Credentier: m. A cupboord-keeper; also, a Princes Taster, Essayer, Cup-bearer.

Credible: com. Credible, beleeuable; to be credited, or beleeued.

Credit: m. Credit; reputation, account, renowme; esteeme in, fauour with, good opinion of, the world; also, trust, beleefe, affiance, faith; also, loyaltie; also, as Creance; trust, or credit giuen; or, a debt entrusted.  Batre à credit. Looke Batre. Plaisir à credit. A sleight pleasure.  Perdre leurs ames à credit. To hazard their soules on a shallow, or vpon no, ground.  Servir Dieu à credit, & par procureur. To serue God but sleightly, carelesly, or onely for a shew.  Assez a qui bon credit a: Prov. A good name is a sufficient treasure.

Crediteur: m. A creditor; one that beleeueth, or trusteth.

Credos, qui fait credos charge son dos: He that lendeth often looseth. Credule: com. Credulous, trustfull; easie, or light, of beleefe.

Credulité: f. Credulitie, lightnesse of beleefe.