Band books

The creaking locusts with my voice
conspire.

Dryden.

Doors upon their hinges creaked.

Tennyson.

Creak, v. t. To produce a
creaking sound with.

Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry.

Shak.

Creak (krēk), n. The
sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
Roget.

Creak"ing, n. A harsh grating
or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound.

Start not at the creaking of the door.

Longfellow.

Cream (krēm), n. [F.
crême, perh. fr. LL. crema cream of milk; cf.
L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin to
cremare to burn.] 1. The rich, oily,
and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands
unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of
milk from which butter is obtained.

2. The part of any liquor that rises, and
collects on the surface. [R.]

3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared
for the table from cream, etc.


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