Definition of Craig

1. Proper noun. (surname Scottish from=Scottish Gaelic dot=), originally meaning someone who lived near a crag. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Craig

1. a crag [n -S] - See also: crag

Lexicographical Neighbors of Craig

cragfast
cragged
craggedness
cragger
craggers
craggier
craggiest
craggily
cragginess
cragginesses
craggy
crags
cragsman
cragsmen
craic
craig (current term)
craigs
craigslist
craigslisted
craigslisting
craigslists
craik
craisin
craisins
crake
crakeberries
crakeberry
craked
craker
crakers

Literary usage of Craig

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"Some verses of craig are in John Adamson's ' The Muses' Welcome,' 1618, and he wrote some commendatory verses to ' The Staggering State of Scots Statesmen," ..."

2. Pennsylvania Archives ...by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1899)
"craig, Arch'd, ..xii, 107; xvii, 608; xxvi, 414 craig, Capt., xiv, 673, 708; ... Geo xi, 117 craig, Rich'd xvi, 383, 682 craig, Robt, ..xi, 38, 253; 145, ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1904)
"craig v. LESLIE et al. legacy.—Equitable conversion. RC, a citizen of Virginia, being seised of real property in that state, matte his will : " In the first ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"Respondent positively denied that he had any understanding or agreement with said OC craig and Elizabeth C. Oraig together, or either of them separately, ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"Some verses of craig are in John Adamson's ' The Muses' Welcome,' 1618, and he wrote some commendatory verses to ' The Staggering State of Scots Statesmen," ..."

6. Pennsylvania Archives ...by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1899)
"craig, Arch'd, ..xii, 107; xvii, 608; xxvi, 414 craig, Capt., xiv, 673, 708; ... Geo xi, 117 craig, Rich'd xvi, 383, 682 craig, Robt, ..xi, 38, 253; 145, ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1904)
"craig v. LESLIE et al. legacy.—Equitable conversion. RC, a citizen of Virginia, being seised of real property in that state, matte his will : " In the first ..."

8. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"Respondent positively denied that he had any understanding or agreement with said OC craig and Elizabeth C. Oraig together, or either of them separately, ..."

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