Crease: alternatives and connections

The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

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An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…

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A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.

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The act of depressing.

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To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

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To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

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One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.

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A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of…

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To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.

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of Knit

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To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.

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A roc.

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To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.

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obs. p. p. of Shave.

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A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.

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A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

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See Plait.

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To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.

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A roc.

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To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

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To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

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of Graze

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of Graze

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Flax; linen.

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Flax; linen.

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A winkle.

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A winkle.

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See Dermis.

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The external membranous integument of an animal.

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A cover or covering; an integument.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade.

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To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

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To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

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Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

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To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.

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The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

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To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.

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To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

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A Malay dagger. See Creese.

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Flax; linen.

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A folding or fold; a plait.

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An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which…

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To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.

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To scranch; to crunch.

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Grease; tallow; lard.

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A winkle.

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