à cru, adv., on the bare skin, next the skin. Botté or chaussé à —; wearing boots without stockings. Monter à cheval à —; to ride a horse bare-backed.
cruauté, n.f., cruelty, hardship. User de —; to be guilty of cruelty.
cruche, n.f., pitcher, jar, jug; stupid person, blockhead, booby, lout, dolt. Tant va la — à l’eau qu’à la fin elle se casse; the pitcher goes to the well once too often.
cruchée, n.f., pitcherful, jugful, jarful.
crucherie, n.f., (fam.) stupidity, silliness. Vous ne dites que des —s; you only talk utter nonsense.
cruchette, n.f. V. cruchon.
cruchon, n.m., little pitcher.
crucial, -e, adj., crucial, cross-like.
crucifère, n.f. and adj., (bot.) cruciferous plant; cruciferous. pl., cruciferæ.
crucifiement or crucifîment (-mān), n.m., crucifixion.