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Cranganore – Creston

Cranganore

a town in Hindustan, about 10,000. It is the traditional field of St. Thomas' labors in India; Jews have Pop been settled here since the 4th century; and it is certain the Syrian church was established before the 9th. winch-handle), or by a connecting-rod, its

Crank

in machinery, a lever or arm on a shaft, driven by hand (e. g., a object object being to convert reciprocating winch-handle), or by a connecting-rod, its Enginemotion into rotary motion. motion into rotary motion. Enginemotion of the piston into continuous rotamotion of the piston into continuous rotapiston-rod end by the connecting-rod.

Cranmer

THOMAS, Archbishop tinghamshire, July 2, 1489. The opinion

Crannog

a fortified lake dwelling, of which many are to be found in Ireland.

They are supposed to have been formed about the 9th or 10th century.

Crater Lake

a small lake in the able for its wall of perpendicular rock, from 1,000 to 2,000 feet high.

Crawford

THOMAS, an American prise "Orpheus and Cerberus," "Adam and Eve," "Hebe and Ganymede," "Mercury and Psyche," and "Dancing Jenny." sculptor; born in New York City, March 22, 1814. His most famous works com- He performed important works for the National Government and State of Virginia. He died in London, Oct. 16, 1857.

Crayon

a colored pencil consisting of a cylinder of fine pipe-clay ay colored with a pigment. Crayons are said to have been made in France in 1422.

In lithography, a composition formed as a pencil, and used for drawing upon lithographic stones.

Creighton University

an institution for higher education, founded in 1879, at Omaha, Neb., under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1919 there were 130 instructors and 1,061 students. President, A. J. Burrowes, S. J. CRERAR

Creole

a person, in either America or the West India Islands, of European progenitors; as, a Spanish creole. It is sometimes, also, applied, but wrongly, to any person born within tropical latitudes, of whatsoever color.

Creon

the King of Thebes, who, in the legend of the war against that city, forbade anyone to bury the bodies of Eteocles and Polynices, and condemned their sister Antigone to death for disobeying this order.

Crescendo

increasing; a gradual increase in the force of sound. Expressed by the sign <, or the abbreviation cres. The sign was first employed in England by Matthew Locke, in 1676.

CRESCENTIACEÆ, crescentiads, an order of perigynous exogens. It consists of small trees, with alternate or clustered exstipulate leaves and flowers growing out of the old stems or branches.

Creston

a city of Iowa and the county-seat of Union co. Its industries include machine shops, car works, planing mills, and cold-storage plant. It is on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad. There are a public library, Elks' Home, and other public buildings. Pop.

Home, and other public buildings. Pop.