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Crash, v. i. 1.
To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling
and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh
noise.

Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in
every part of the city.

Macaulay.

2. To break with violence and noise; as,
the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.

Crash, n. 1. A
loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and
breaking at once.

The wreck of matter and the crash of
worlds.

Addison.

2. Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down,
as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.

Crash, n. [L. crassus
coarse. See Crass.] Coarse, heavy, narrow linen
cloth, used esp. for towels.

Crash"ing, n. The noise of
many things falling and breaking at once.

There shall be . . . a great crashing from
the hills.

Zeph. i. 10.

Cra"sis (kr?"s?s), n. [LL.,
temperament, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, fr.


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