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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Crawling, or moving close to the ground.

“Every creeping thing.”

Gen. vi. 20.

Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.

Casements lined with

creeping

herbs.

Cowper.

Ceeping crowfoot

(Bot.)

a plant, the

Ranunculus repens

–

Creeping snowberry

an American plant (

Chiogenes hispidula

) with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen.

ppr.

Moving on the belly, or close to the surface of the earth or other body; moving slowly, secretly, or silently; moving insensibly; stealing along.