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Cre"tose (kr?"t?s), a. [L.
cretosus, fr. creta chalk.] Chalky;
cretaceous. [Obs.] Ash.

Creut"zer (kroit"s&etilde;r) n.
See Kreutzer.

||Creux (kr?), n. [F.,
adj., hollow, n., a hollow.]
Used in English only in the expression en creux.
Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by
sinking or hollowing out the design.

||Cre`val*le" (kr?`v?l-l?"), n.
[Prob. of same origin as cavally. See Cavally.]
(Zoöl.) (a) The cavally or
jurel. See Cavally, and Jurel.
(b) The pompano (Trachynotus
Carolinus).

||Cre`vasse" (kr?`v?s"), n. [F. See
Crevice.] 1. A deep crevice or
fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which
the mass of a glacier is divided.

2. A breach in the levee or embankment of
a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower
Mississippi. [U.S.]

Crev"et (kr?v"?t), n. [Cf.
Creut.] A crucible or melting pot; a cruset.


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