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Webster 1913 Edition
Cretic
Cre′tic
(krē′tĭk)
, Noun.
[L.
Creticus
(sc. pes
foot), Gr. Κριτικόσ
(sc. πούσ
foot), prop., a Cretan (metrical) foot.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.)
A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- ˘ -).
Bentley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cretic
CRETIC
,Noun.