Definition of Creasing

1. n. A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.

Definition of Creasing

1. Verb. (present participle of crease) ¹

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Definition of Creasing

1. crease [v] - See also: crease

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creasing

crease-resistant
crease wound
creased
creaseless
creaseproof
creaseproofed
creaseproofing
creaseproofs
creaser
creasers
creases
creaseyite
creashak
creasier
creasiest
creasing (current term)
creasote
creasoted
creasotes
creasy
creatable
create
create by mental act
create from raw material
create from raw stuff
create mentally
create verbally
created
creates
creatic

Literary usage of Creasing

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

1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... as is the superfluous Humour of Superior and Governor; and ought in all pests: but the Vagabonds ought clearly to creasing and aiding of their Country. ..."

2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"(NED) 1853 The " creasing " of a horse is a teat which would electrify a northern jockey. [Process described.]—Paxton, ' A Stray Yankee in Texas,' p. 38. ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"On the other hand, areas of dry ground have been depressed, and have become the sites of new lakes. creasing or ..."

4. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles by Nelson Appleton Miles, Marion Perry Maus (1896)
"... Texas, New Mexico, and creasing THE WILD HORSE. Colorado, and which acquired thereby the singular and significant name of "No Man's Land. ..."

5. The Wits and Beaux of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton (1871)
"creasing Down.'—Devotion to Dress.—A Great Gentleman.—Anecdotes of Brummell.—' Don't forget, Brum : Goose at Four !'—Offers of Intimacy resented. ..."

6. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... as is the superfluous Humour of Superior and Governor; and ought in all pests: but the Vagabonds ought clearly to creasing and aiding of their Country. ..."

7. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"(NED) 1853 The " creasing " of a horse is a teat which would electrify a northern jockey. [Process described.]—Paxton, ' A Stray Yankee in Texas,' p. 38. ..."

8. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"On the other hand, areas of dry ground have been depressed, and have become the sites of new lakes. creasing or ..."

9. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles by Nelson Appleton Miles, Marion Perry Maus (1896)
"... Texas, New Mexico, and creasing THE WILD HORSE. Colorado, and which acquired thereby the singular and significant name of "No Man's Land. ..."

10. The Wits and Beaux of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton (1871)
"creasing Down.'—Devotion to Dress.—A Great Gentleman.—Anecdotes of Brummell.—' Don't forget, Brum : Goose at Four !'—Offers of Intimacy resented. ..."

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