Defn: The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.
CRYING
Cry"ing, a.
Defn: Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous;
as, a crying evil.
Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the crying sin of
our modern Christianity. I. Taylor.
CRYOHYDRATE
Cry`o*hy"drate (kr`-h"drt), n. Etym: [Gr. hydrate.] (Chem.)
Defn: A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water. F. Guthrie.
CRYOLITE
Cry"o*lite (kr"-lt), n. Etym: [Gr. -lite: cf. F. cryolithe.] (Min.)
Defn: A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; — used as a source of soda and alumina.
CRYOMETER
Cry*om"e*ter, n. [Gr. cold, frost + -meter.] (Physics)
Defn: A thermometer for the measurement of low temperatures, esp. such an instrument containing alcohol or some other liquid of a lower freezing point than mercury.
CRYOPHORUS
Cry*oph"o*rus (kr-f"-rs), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Chem.)