crine

American  

[krahyn] / kraɪn /

noun

1. hair; head of hair.

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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

• crinal
  adjective
• intercrinal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of crine

First recorded in 1605–15, crine is from the Latin word crīnis hair

Example Sentences

Che ancor de' pregi tuoi parla sovente, Lodando, ora il bel crine, ora il ridente Tuo labbro, ed ora i saggi detti onesti.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

Erant amb� virgines et amb� regin� Phyllis coma libera Flora comto crine, Non sunt form� virginum sed form� divin�, Et respondent facies luci matutin�.

From Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

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

Num tu, qux tenuit dives Achaemenes, Aut pinguis Phrygiae Mygdonias opes, Permutare velis crine Licymnim?

From The Essays of Montaigne — Complete by Montaigne, Michel de

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)