crine
Americannoun
Usage
What else does crine mean? On social media, especially Twitter, crine is used as an alternate spelling of cryin' (crying), as in "for crine out loud."Crine can also refer to "hair" or a "head of hair."In Scottish English, crine means "to shrink or shrivel," especially with age or heat, or "to dry up."
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of crine
First recorded in 1605–15, crine is from the Latin word crīnis hair
Example Sentences
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Cp. also Phaedra 707, where Hippolytus' words, 'en impudicum crine contorto caput | laeva reflexi,' can only be justified as inserted to explain to the hearers what they could not see.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
The crine profuso and barba demissa of the reges crinitos, as the Merovingians were called, are often referred to by ancient chroniclers.
From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
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