CRANE, _s._ A bird with a long beak; an instrument made with ropes, pulleys, and hooks, by which great weights are raised. CRAW, _s._ The crop or first stomach of birds. CRAW-FISH, _s._ A small shell-fish found in brooks. CREANCE, _s._ In Falconry, a long and light string, which must always be tied to the leash when lessons are given to a young hawk. CREST, _s._ Any tuft or ornament of the head. CRESTED, _a._ Adorned with a plume or crest; wearing a comb. CRETACEOUS, _a._ Abounding with chalk, chalky. CREW, _s._ A company of people associated for any purpose; the company of a ship. CRIB, _a._ The rack or manger of a stable; the stall or cabin of an ox. Crib-biting, though only a trick or habit which a horse gets, and which he may teach another that stands next him, especially a young horse, may be considered as a disorder, because it renders him very liable to indigestion and flatulent colic. There is no doubt that in crib-biting a horse swallows air, and I have seen a horse distend his stomach and bowels with it in an enormous degree, and he would thereby often get the flatulent colic, and sometimes swell himself that he could scarcely move. The only convenient method of preventing crib-biting is to put a leather strap round the neck, close to the jaws, which prevents him from laying hold of the manger; it may impede his feeding, however, and this must be attended to. A muzzle sometimes answers the purpose. The compiler has known horses effectually cured of crib-biting by merely leaving them loose in the stable.—_White._ CRIBBAGE, _s._ A game at cards. Cribbage, a game differing from all others by its immense variety of chances, and generally reckoned useful to instruct young people in the science of calculation, is played several ways, either by two, three, or four persons, with five, six, or sometimes eight cards: the rules also vary a little in different companies; but the following are those most generally allowed. The dealer may discover his own cards, though if he show any of the adversary’s, the adversary is entitled to mark two points, and is also at liberty to call a fresh deal. Should too many cards be dealt to either party, the non-dealer may score two points, and likewise demand another deal, upon the error being detected previous to taking up the cards; but if he should not choose a new deal, the extra cards must be drawn: and when any player is observed to have in hand more than the proper number of cards, the opponent may set up four points, and also call a new deal. If any player meddle with the cards after dealing, till the period of cutting them for the turn-up card, his opponent may score two points. When any player scores more than he is entitled to, the other party may not only put him back as many points as are overmarked, but likewise score the same extra number for his own game.