2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi. [U.S.]
CREVET
Crev"et (krv"t), n. Etym: [Cf. Creut.]
Defn: A crucible or melting pot; a cruset. Crabb.
CREVICE
Crev"ice (krv"s), n. Etym: [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr.
crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. Craven,
Crepitate, Crevasse.]
Defn: A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Tennyson.
CREVICE
Crev"ice, v. t.
Defn: To crack; to flaw. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
CREVICED
Crev"iced (-st), a.
Defn: Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for
storing ears of corn.
Trickling through the creviced rock. J. Cunningham.
CREVIS
Crev"is (-s), n. (Zoöl.)