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n. [ Ir. & Gael. graidh, graigh. ] A drove or herd. [ Obs. ] Haliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To graze. [ Obs. ] Sir. L. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To produce a creaking sound with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Creaked p. pr. & vb. n. Creaking. ] [ OE. creken, prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. crack, and. D. krieken to crackle, chirp. ] To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking. Roget. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Start not at the creaking of the door. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. worn down with age or use; in poor condition.
Syn. -- decrepit, flea-bitten, run-down, rundown, woebegone. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. producing a rasping or grating sound under some circumsatance; as, they were alerted by the creaky stairs; my creaky kitchen door needs oiling.
Syn. -- creaking, screaky. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. aching when flexed; -- of body parts; as, my creaky old joints.
Syn. -- arthritic, rheumatic, rheumatoid. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Creamed p. pr. & vb. n. Creaming. ] 1. To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take off the best or choicest part of. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To furnish with, or as with, cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

Creaming the fragrant cups. Mrs. Whitney. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cream butter (Cooking), to rub, stir, or beat, butter till it is of a light creamy consistency. [ 1913 Webster ]