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

Lucan also alludes to this custom: —————Sic funere primo Attonitæ tacuere domus, quam corpora nondum Conclamata jacent, noc mater crine soluto Exigit ad sævos famularum brachia planctus.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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)

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)

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

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