n. [ L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr.
Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and crypts the few fossils of antique learning. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to crypts. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
adv. Secretly; occultly; in a manner so as to hide or obscure meaning. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
n. [ Gr.
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a. (Zool.) Having concealed or rudimentary gills. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of cockroaches.
n. any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia.