CRAP, the gallows.
CRAP’D, hanged.
CRIB, a house, sometimes applied to shops, as, a thimble-crib, a watch-maker’s shop; a stocking-crib, a hosier’s, &c.
CROAK, to die.
CROOK, a sixpence.
CROSS, illegal or dishonest practices in general are called the cross, in opposition to the square. See [Square]. Any article which has been irregularly obtained, is said to have been got upon the cross, and is emphatically termed a cross article.
CROSS-COVE, or CROSS-MOLLISHER, a man or woman who lives upon the cross.
CROSS-CRIB, a house inhabited, or kept by family people. See [Square-Crib].
CROSS-FAM, to cross-fam a person, is to pick his pocket, by crossing your arms in a particular position.
CUE. See [Letter Q].