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Definition of Cressy
1. a. Abounding in cresses.
Definition of Cressy
1. Adjective. Abounding in cresses ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cressy
1. cress [adj] - See also: cress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cressy
Literary usage of Cressy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1889)
"The Globe says:—" ' cressy ' is the best piece of fiction produced by Bret Harte.
... Altogether,'cressy'is a powerful and refreshing novel. ..."
2. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles Washington Baird (1885)
"The family to which cressy. he belonged had been identified for several generations
with the Huguenot cause. " Compelled to abandon his country in order to ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"whom all the ways between Abbeville and cressy were full, when they saw that they
were near ... OF THE BATTLE OF cressy, AUGUST 26TH, 1346 THE Englishmen, ..."
4. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"sly near the village of cressy, where he drew up his army in excellent order.
The first line was commanded by the prince of Wales, commonly called the Black ..."
5. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and His Noble by Thomas Malory, Edward Strachey, William Caxton (1901)
"... thus relates :— ' This battle between Broy and cressy, this Saturday, was
right cruel and fell, ..."
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