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2. (Gram.) A contraction of two
vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one
long vowel, or into a diphthong; synæresis; as, cogo
for coago.

||Cras`pe*do"ta (kr?s`p?-d?"t?), n.
pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; to be bordered or
edged.] (Zoöl.) The hydroid or naked-eyed
medusæ. See Hydroidea.

Cras"pe*dote (kr?s"p?-d?t), a.
(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the
Craspedota.

Crass (kr?s), a. [L. crassus
thick, fat, gross, prob. orig., closely woven. See Grease
animal fat, and cf. Crate, Hurdle.] Gross;
thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined.
"Crass and fumid exhalations." Sir. T. Browne.
"Crass ignorance" Cudworth.

{ Cras"sa*ment (kr?s"s?-ment),
||Cras`sa*men"tum (-m?n"t?m), } n.
[L. crassamentum, fr. crassare to make thick. See
Crass, a.] A semisolid mass or
clot, especially that formed in coagulation of the
blood.


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