Vocabulary : Crozier to Crucifer

Crozier : See Crosier.
Croziered : Crosiered.
Cruces : of Crux
Crucial : Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision. ;; Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test.
Crucian carp : A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior to the common carp; -- called also German carp.

Cruciate : Tormented. ;; Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform. ;; To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate.
Cruciation : The act of torturing; torture; torment.
Crucible : A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc. ;; A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal. ;; A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction.
Crucible steel : Cast steel made by fusing in crucibles crude or scrap steel, wrought iron, and other ingredients and fluxes.
Crucifer : Any plant of the order Cruciferae.

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