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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crease \Crease\, n. (Lacrosse) The combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space itself within which no attacking player is allowed unless the ball is there -- called also {goal crease}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Creese \Creese\ (kr[=e]s), n. [Malay. kris.] A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. [Written also {crease} and {kris}.] From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. --Julian Hawthorne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crease \Crease\ (kr[=e]s), n. See {Creese}. --Tennyson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crease \Crease\, n. [Cf. LG krus, G. krause crispness, krausen kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh. of Celtic origin; cf Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple, crease.] 1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence a similar mark, however produced. 2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker. {Bowling crease} (Cricket), a line extending three feet four inches on each side of the central strings at right angles to the line between the wickets. {Return crease} (Cricket), a short line at each end of the bowling crease and at right angles to it extending toward the bowler. {Popping crease} (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of the wicket, four feet distant from it parallel to the bowling crease and at least as long as the latter. --J. H. Walsh (Encyc. of Rural Sports). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crease \Crease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creased} (kr?st); p. pr & vb n. {Creasing}.] To make a crease or mark in as by folding or doubling. Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. --Gray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crease n 1: an angular shape made by folding [syn: {fold}, {plication}, {flexure}, {crimp}, {bend}] 2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "His face has many wrinkles" [syn: {wrinkle}, {furrow}, {crinkle}, {seam}, {line}] v 1: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled" [syn: {wrinkle}, {ruckle}, {crinkle}, {scrunch}, {scrunch up}, {crisp}] 2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: {furrow}, {wrinkle}] 3: scrape gently [syn: {graze}, {rake}] 4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: {rumple}, {crumple}, {wrinkle}, {crinkle}]
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