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Crys"tal, a. Consisting of, or
like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid;
crystalline.

Through crystal walls each little mote will
peep.

Shak.

By crystal streams that murmur through the
meads.

Dryden.

The crystal pellets at the touch
congeal,

And from the ground rebounds the ratting hail.

H. Brooks.

Crys"tal*lin (-l?n), n.
(Physiol. Chem.) See Gobulin.

Crys"tal*line (kr?s"tal-l?n or -l?n; 277),
a. [L. crystallinus, from Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?;: cf. F. cristallin. See Crystal.]
1. Consisting, or made, of
crystal.

Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline.

Shak.

2. Formed by crystallization; like
crystal in texture.

Their crystalline structure.

Whewell.

3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite
is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly
crystallized.


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