n. [ See Graple. ] A claw. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. krüppel, Dan. kröbling, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk, but must creep, fr. AS. creópan to creep. See Creep. ] One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
He had crippled the joints of the noble child. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the energy of the settlement in the Bay. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the body politic. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Lame; halting. [ R. ] “The cripple, tardy-gaited night.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Local. U. S. ]
The flats or cripple land lying between high- and low-water lines, and over which the waters of the stream ordinarily come and go. Pennsylvania Law Reports.
a. Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. “The crippled crone.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Lameness. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. krüppel, Dan. kröbling, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk, but must creep, fr. AS. creópan to creep. See Creep. ] One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
He had crippled the joints of the noble child. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the energy of the settlement in the Bay. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the body politic. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Lame; halting. [ R. ] “The cripple, tardy-gaited night.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Local. U. S. ]
The flats or cripple land lying between high- and low-water lines, and over which the waters of the stream ordinarily come and go. Pennsylvania Law Reports.
a. Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. “The crippled crone.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Lameness. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]