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‖[ F. ] n. 1. Same as Crape. [ Also spelled crepe. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any of various crapelike fabrics, whether crinkled or not.

3. A small thin pancake. [ wns16=2 ] [ PJC ]

4. Paper with a finely crinkle texture, usually sold in rolls of 2-3 inches width; crepe paper; -- it is usually colored brightly and used for decoration. [ wns16=1 ] [ PJC ]

Crêpe de Chine n. [ F. de Chine of China ], Canton crape or an inferior gauzy fabric resembling it. [ Also spelled crepe de Chine. ] --
Crêpe lisse ety>[ F. lisse smooth ], smooth, or unwrinkled, crape{ 2 }. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖def>Paper with a finely crinkle texture, usually sold in rolls of 2-3 inches width; crepe paper; -- it is usually colored brightly and used for decoration. Same as crepe{ 4 }. [ PJC ]

pl. or . [ F. ] n. A rolled or folded crepe{ 3 }, heated in an orange-flavored liqueur (or in a hot orange-butter sauce and moistened with a liqueur) and set on fire when served. [ PJC ]

prop. n. A genus of plants including the hawk's beard; cosmopolitan in the northern hemisphere.
Syn. -- genus Crepis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Crepitate. ] Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crepitant rale (Med.), a peculiar crackling sound audible with inspiration in pneumonia and other lung disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Crepitated p. pr. & vb. n. Crepitating ] [ L. crepitatus, p. p. of crepitare to crackle, v. intensive of crepare to crack. Cf. Crevice. ] To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. crépitation. ] 1. The act of crepitating or crackling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) (a) A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air. (b) A crepitant râle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. crepare to crack. ] (Med.) (a) The noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels. (b) Same as Crepitation, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]