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noun

Crease n. See Creese.

Crease n.

A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.

(Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.

(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.

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.

Creese n. (Written also crease and kris) A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. "From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife."

verb

Crease v. t. (past & past part. creased; pres. part. creasing) To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling. "Creased, like dog's ears in a folio."

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"Crease" Quotes from Famous Books

... they were jogging on together, the Wolf spied a crease in the Dog's neck, and having a strange curiosity, could not forbear asking him what it meant! "Pugh! nothing," says the Dog. "Nay, but pray," says the Wolf. "Why," says the Dog, "if you must know, I am tied up in the day-time, because ...

— Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse • Various

... the plush-covered sofa where she and Peter had sat the night before that Beth's orderly eye espied a square of paper just upon the point of disappearing in the crease between the seat and back of Aunt Tillie's most cherished article of furniture and of course she pounced upon it with the intention of destroying it at the cookstove. But when she drew it forth, she found that ...

— The Vagrant Duke • George Gibbs

... and I? We know each other too well. Sit down there, and don't crease my dress. Well, what are ...

— Rene Mauperin • Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt

... he had to. If he could have seen the broad grins on the faces of his train crew when Dobson, the clerk, gave them the despatcher's order—but at that moment he was lounging in Mr. North's easiest chair in the central compartment of the "01," reading for the twentieth time a crease-worn telegram. ...

— Empire Builders • Francis Lynde

... laundering. Table linen should never dry on the line, but be brought in while still damp, very carefully folded, and ironed bone-dry, with abundant "elbowgrease." This is the only way to give it a "satin gloss." Never use starch. The pieces should be folded evenly and carefully, with but one crease—down the middle—and not checker-boarded with dozens of lines. Centers and large doilies are best disposed of by rolling over a round stick ...

— The Complete Home • Various

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