creased (comparative more creased, superlative most creased)
Having a crease or creases.
wrinkly
• (wrinkly): bewrinkled, rugose, wrinklesome; see also wrinkled
creased
simple past tense and past participle of crease
• decares, recased, searced
Source: Wiktionary
Crease (krs), n.
Definition: See Creese. Tennison.
Crease, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness, krausen, kr, 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, howewer produced.
2. (Cricket)
Definition: 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).
Crease, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Creased (krst); p. pr. & vb. n. Creasing.]
Definition: To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling. Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 May 2024
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