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reciprocating motion to a piston or 

 rod attached to it." 



CRASSAMENTUM. The clot of 

 blood ; fibrin, with red globules. 



CREAM. The oleaginous part of 

 milk, mixed with some casein. 



CREASOTE (from Kptac, flesh, au- 

 fw, / save). A colourless, spiritu- 

 ous, and oily liquid obtained from 

 wood tar. It is singularly antiseptic, 

 imparting that property to smoke, 

 wood tar, &c. It is of great price, 

 and used chiefly to subdue toothache. 



CREMOCARPIUM. Atwotofive 

 celled inferior fruit, cells one-seeded, 

 indehiscent, dry. When dry, separa- 

 ting from a common axis, as in the 

 VmbeUifcra:. ' 



CRENATE. The edges of leaves, 

 which are divided into curved notch- 

 es, are called crenate. 



CREPITUS. A crackling noise 

 produced by pressing cellular tissue 

 containing air. 



CRESS. Lepidium sativum. A 

 small salad herb similar to mustard. 

 It is sown thickly in drills and cut in 

 the first leaf For a supply, sow 

 every week in good, clean ground. 



CRESS, INDIAN. Tropaolumma- 

 jus ; Common nasturtium. A brill- 

 iant yellow-flowered climbing plant, 

 the fruit of which resembles capers. 

 Sow in April, in good, strong soil and 

 open situation ; put out in rows, al- 

 lowing three inches between each : 

 set sticks for them to climb. They 

 flower in June and July. The fruit, 

 which is admirable for pickling, is ta- 

 ken when full sized, but green, about 

 August. They are put in vinegar or 

 a suitable pickle as soon as gathered. 

 They require little attention when 

 once fairlv started. 



CRESS, WATER. Nasturtium of- 

 ficinale. A creeping, amphibious per- 

 ennial, indigenous in England. It is 

 of an agreeable flavour, and relish- 

 ed for breakfast. It is cultivated on 

 clear streams one or two inches deep, 

 with a sandy or gravelly bed. The 

 plants are set along the stream in 

 rows about 18 inches apart. They 

 grow readily, and bear cutting very 

 often. If planted near a spring head, 

 they live through winter and remain 



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for many years, affording a great 

 quantitv of salad. 



CRETACEOUS (from creta, chalk). 

 Of the nature of chalk. 



CRIB. A feeding-stall, or store- 

 house for corn. 



CRIB BITING. A habit in horses 

 proceeding from derangement of the 

 stomach usually. Straps are used 

 to hinder it, but if the top of the man- 

 ger be furnished with a roller turn- 

 ing on its axis, they will not be able 

 to bite much of it away. 



CRICK. A common term signify- 

 ing inability to move the muscles of 

 the part, as the neck. 



CRICKET. A family of insects 

 resembling grasshoppers, but with 

 less perfect wings. The Gryllotalpa 

 brcripennis burrows like a mole, and, 

 with other kinds, lives on the tender 

 roots of grasses, &c. They do injury 

 to melons, pumpkins, &c , and some- 

 times accumulate in old meadows so 

 as to require extermination. Several 

 Acheta, as the A. nigra and abbrcvia- 

 ta, are abundant, dwelling among 

 grass. They are only to be destroyed 

 by liming, fallows, and hoed crops. 



CRINOIDEANS. A nearly extinct 

 race of crustaccous sea animals re- 

 sembling a lily. The fossils abound in 

 some limestones, as thatof Lockport. 



CRISTATE (from Kspa^, a horn). 

 Having the appearance of a horn, or 

 crest. 



CROP OUT. In geology, the ex- 

 posure of rocks above the surface. 



CROPPING. Gathering a crop. 

 Cutting the ears of animals, as dogs. 



CROP, ROTATION OF. See Ro- 

 tation. 



CROPS. The produce of the field. 



CROSS BREED. The young of 

 animals of different breeds. Some- 

 times called a cross. 



CROSS FURROW. A water-fur- 

 row running across the ridges or 

 lands. It is often deepened with a 

 spade, and opened with a double- 

 mould-board plough. 



CROTALUS. A genus of snakes, 

 including the C. horridus, or rattle- 

 snake. They are all furnished with 

 a rattle, and their wounds are ex- 

 tremely dangerous. An instant ex- 



