Band books

2. To boast; to speak loudly and
boastfully. [Obs.]

Each man may crake of that which was his
own.

Mir. for Mag.

Crake, n. A boast. See
Crack, n. [Obs.]
Spenser.

Crake, n. [Cf. Icel.
krāka crow, krākr raven, Sw.
kråka, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative
origin. Cf. Crow.] (Zoöl.) Any species
or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so
called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

Crake"ber`ry (-b?r`r?), n.
(Bot.) See Crowberry.

Crak"er (kr?k"?r), n. One who
boasts; a braggart. [Obs.] Old Play.

Cram (krăm), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Crammed (krămd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Cramming.] [AS.
crammian to cram; akin to Icel. kremja to squeeze,
bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf. Cramp.]
1. To press, force, or drive, particularly
in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to
crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a
basket; to cram a room with people.


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