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Cre"o*sote, v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Creosoted (-s?"t?d); p. pr. & vb.
n. Creosoting.] To saturate or impregnate
with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.

{ Cre"pance (kr?"pans), Cre"pane
(kr?"p?n), } n. [Cf. L. crepare to
crack.] (Far.) An injury in a horse's leg, caused by
the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It
sometimes forms an ulcer.

||Crêpe (kr?p), n. Same
as Crape.

Crep"i*tant (kr?p"?-tant),
a. [See Crepitate.] Having a
crackling sound; crackling; rattling.

Crepitant rale (Med.), a peculiar
crackling sound audible with inspiration in pneumonia and other
lung disease.

Crep"i*tate (kr&?;p"&?;-t&?;t), v.
i. [imp. & p. p. Crepitated (-
t&?;`t&?;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crepitating
(-t&?;`t&?;ng).] [L. crepitatus, p. p.
of crepitare to crackle, v. intensive of
crepare to crack. Cf. Crevice.] To make a
series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as
salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.


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