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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. --Gray. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Crease \Crease\ (kr[=e]s), n. See {Creese}. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker. [1913 Webster] 3. (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}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {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). [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}.] [1913 Webster] From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. --Julian Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: crease n 1: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" [syn: {fold}, {crease}, {plication}, {flexure}, {crimp}, {bend}] 2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn: {wrinkle}, {furrow}, {crease}, {crinkle}, {seam}, {line}] 3: a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: {kris}, {creese}, {crease}] v 1: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" [syn: {wrinkle}, {ruckle}, {crease}, {crinkle}, {scrunch}, {scrunch up}, {crisp}] 2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: {furrow}, {wrinkle}, {crease}] 3: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: {graze}, {crease}, {rake}] 4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: {rumple}, {crumple}, {wrinkle}, {crease}, {crinkle}]