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"Section C"

A
wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or
ice cream.


Cream"-white` (-hw?t`), a. As
white as cream.


Cream"y (kr?m"?), a. Full of,
or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or
taste; creamlike; unctuous.
"Creamy bowls."
Collins. "Lines of creamy spray." Tennyson.
"Your creamy words but cozen." Beau. & Fl.


Cre"ance (krē"ans), n.
[F. créance, lit., credence, fr. L. credere
to trust. See Credence.] 1. Faith;
belief; creed.
[Obs.] Chaucer.


2. (Falconry) A fine, small line,
fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured.


Cre"ance (krē"ans), v. i. &
t.
To get on credit; to borrow. [Obs.]
Chaucer.


Cre"ant (krē"ant), a.
[L. creans, p. pr. of creare to create.]
Creative; formative. [R.] Mrs. Browning.


Crease (krēs), n. See
Creese.
Tennyson.


Crease, n.


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