crease
verb
- to increase
verb
- to make creases in surface; to wrinkle, fold
noun
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Pronunciation: /kɹiːs/
noun
- Archaic form of kris.
“the cursed Malayan crease, and battle-clubs / From the isles of palm”
“While the crew and some of the natives were taking in the pepper, Samuel Page Pierson noticed that some of the other Malays aboard ship were receiving their creases from the natives in the boat.”
verb
- Archaic form of kris.
“Then a Malay creased Richard Hunt, who escaped for a moment up the ropes.”