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1. To grease, S.

_Kelly._

2. Metaph. applied to the use of money, S.

_Ferguson._

3. _To criesh one's lufe_, to give money as a veil, or as a bribe, S.

_Journal Lond._

~Creische~, ~Creesh~, _s._ Grease, S.

_Dunbar._

Fr. _graisse_, id.

2. A stroke, a blow, S.

_Ferguson._

~Creischie~, ~Creishy~, _adj._ Greasy, S.

_Lyndsay._

CREYST, _s._ One who is both diminutive and loquacious, Border.

Teut. _kroes-en_, to contract.

CREPARIS, _s. pl._ Grapnels of iron, S. _creepers_.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

CREVISH, _s._ A crayfish.

_Baillie._

CREWIS, _pres. v._ Perhaps, craves.

A. S. _craf-ian_, id.

_Houlate._

_To_ CRY, _v. a._ To proclaim the bans of marriage, S.