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Crev"ice (kr?v"?s), n. [OE.
crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr.
crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to
crack,break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate,
Crevasse.] A narrow opening resulting from a split or
crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a
rent.

The mouse,

Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked,

Or from the crevice peered about.

Tennyson.

Crev"ice, v. t. To crack; to
flaw. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Crev"iced (-?st), a. Having a
crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for storing
ears of corn.

Trickling through the creviced rock.

J. Cunningham.

Crev"is (-?s), n.
(Zoöl.) The crawfish. [Prov. Eng.]

Crew (kr&udd;), n.
(Zoöl.) The Manx shearwater.

Crew (kr&udd;), n. [From older
accrue accession, reënforcement, hence, company,
crew; the first syllable being misunderstood as the indefinite
article. See Accrue, Crescent.


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