Creeper to Crescentic
Creeper
(Creep"er) n.
1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.
Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean.
Burton.
2. (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia
creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).
3. (Zoöl.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper
is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; — called also tree creeper and
creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.
4. A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn
on a shoe to prevent one from slipping.
5. pl. A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; — called often
telegraph creepers.
6. A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
7. pl. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of
water, and bringing up what may lie there.
8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron
in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
9. pl. (Arch.) Crockets. See Crocket.
Creephole
(Creep"hole`) n.
1. A hole or retreat into which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.
2. A subterfuge; an excuse.
Creepie
(Creep"ie) n. A low stool. [Scot.]
Creepiness
(Creep"i*ness) n. An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin.
She felt a curious, uneasy creepiness.
Mrs. Alexander.
Creeping
(Creep"ing), a.
1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping thing." Gen. vi. 20.
2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.
Casements lined with creeping herbs.
Cowper.
Ceeping crowfoot (Bot.), a plant, the Ranunculus repens. — Creeping snowberry, an American
plant (Chiogenes hispidula) with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen.
Creepingly
(Creep"ing*ly), adv. by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.
How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents.
South.
Creeple
(Cree"ple) n. [See Cripple.]
