Band books

3. To advance slowly and furtively; to
insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or
obsequious conduct.

Secretly crawling up the battered
walls.

Knolles.

Hath crawled into the favor of the
king.

Shak.

Absurd opinions crawl about the world.

South.

4. To have a sensation as of insect
creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See
Creep, v. i., 7.

Crawl (kr&add;l), n. The act
or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping
animal.

Crawl, n. [Cf. Kraal.]
A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast,
for holding fish.

Crawl"er (kr&add;l"&etilde;r), n.
One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a
reptile.

Crawl"y (kr&add;l"&ybreve;), a.
Creepy. [Colloq.]

{ Cray (krā), Cray"er (-&etilde;r) },
n. See Crare. [Obs.]

Cray"fish (krā"f&ibreve;sh),
n.


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