2. A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt.
CRINOSE
Cri*nose" (kr-ns"), a. Etym: [L. crinis hair.]
Defn: Hairy. [R.]
CRINOSITY
Cri*nos"i*ty (kr-ns"-t), n.
Defn: Hairiness. [R.]
CRINUM
Cri"num (kr"nm), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.
CRIOSPHINX
Cri"o*sphinx` (kr"-sfnks`), n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A sphinx with the head of a ram.
CRIPPLE Crip"ple (krp"p'l), n. Etym: [OE. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. kr, Dan. kr, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk, but must creep, fr. AS. cre to creep. See Creep.]