coxal, adj., (anat.) of the hip, coxal, iliac.
crabe, n.m., crab.
crabier, n.m., crab-eater.
crac, int., creaking noise, crack, pop! —! le voilà parti; he was off in the twinkling of an eye! or before you could say Jack Robinson! Monsieur de —; Baron Munchausen.
crachat, n.m., spittle, expectoration; slight materials (of buildings); star, grand cross.
crachement (krash-mān), n.m., spitting. — de sang; spitting of blood.
craché, -e, part. adj. Tout —, toute —e; the very image of; the dead spit of.
cracher, v.a., to spit, to spit out, to utter, to come out with; to come down with, to fork out (money). — du coton; (pop.) to have a thirst on.
cracher, v.n., to spit, to sputter (of speech, of pens). — au bassin; to contribute. — au nez, au visage, de quelqu’un; to spit in anyone’s face. — en l’air; to be hoist with one’s own petard. C’est à — dessus; it is a mean, despicable thing.
cracheu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., spitter.