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||Cri"o*sphinx` (krī"&osl;*sf&ibreve;&nsm;ks`),
n. [Gr. krio`s ram +
sfi`gx sphinx.] A sphinx with the head of a
ram.

Crip"ple (kr&ibreve;p"p'l), n. [OE.
cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel
(akin to D. kreuple, G. krüppel, Dan.
kröbling, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that
can not walk, but must creep, fr. AS. creópan to
creep. See Creep.] One who creeps, halts, or limps;
one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a
lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.

I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays
are in my mind, the reader must determine.

Dryden.

Crip"ple (kr&ibreve;p"p'l), a.
Lame; halting. [R.] "The cripple, tardy-gaited
night." Shak.

Crip"ple, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Crippled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb.
n. Crippling (-pl?ng).


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