crack

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• Crack

  ·noun A boast; boasting. II. Crack ·noun Breach of chastity. III. Crack ·noun A crazy or crack-bra...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• crack

  A whore. TO CRACK To boast or brag; also to break. I cracked his napper; I broke his head. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• crack

  This word is used by us as in England to signify most famous, best. Thus we speak of "a crack ship,"...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• crack

  "In a crack," immediately. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Crack-brained

  ·adj Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Crack-loo

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of <<Crackaloo>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• to crack up

  To crack, i. e. to brag or boast, is a verb common in old authors, from Chaucer downwards, and still...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• crack officer

  One of the best class. ...

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• crack-order

  High regularity. ...

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• crack-ship

  One uncommonly smart in her evolutions and discipline, perhaps from the old English word for a fine ...

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• crack on, to

  to carry all sail. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.

  Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose