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Webster 1913 Edition

(krē′p’l)

Noun.

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A creeping creature; a reptile.

[Obs.]

There is one creeping beast, or long

creeple

(as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age.

Morton (1632).

One who is lame; a cripple.

[Obs.]

Thou knowest how lame a

creeple

this world is.

Donne.

[Not used.] [See Cripple.]

creeple ‎(plural creeples)

Obsolete form of cripple.
Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is. — Donne.
(obsolete, Britain, dialect) A creeping creature; a reptile.
There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age. — Morton (1632).