Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To grease.
  • noun Grease; tallow.

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Examples

  • By ill-fortune he cam 'on the handle o' the denner bell, an 'liftin't, it ga'e a creesh an' a clang that knokit a 'the sense oot o' Sandy's heid, and wauken'd half the fowk i 'the hoose.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • ` ` Hout awa, ye auld gowk, 'said Jenny Rintherout, ` ` would ye creesh his bonny brown hair wi your nasty ulyie, and then moust it like the auld minister's wig?

    The Antiquary 1845

  • Like Orkney butter, neither gude to eat nor creesh woo.

    The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

  • Andy is like a hogshead -- a blob of creesh with a turnip on the top -- and he would fall with a curse. "

    Doom Castle Neil Munro

  • You're like a damnationed big lump o 'creesh, "and he laughed in her face, knowing this would rouse her more than ever.

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • Or maybe the Sheriff has an extra hard case at avizandum, not to be seen clearly through with a common creesh flame. "

    Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro

  • creesh buzzed up: Teen runs up dad's cell bill to nearly 22,000

    Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2009

  • creesh buzzed up: Teen runs up dad's cell bill to nearly 22,000

    Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2009

  • "Hout awa, ye auld gowk," said Jenny Rintherout, "would ye creesh his bonny brown hair wi 'your nasty ulyie, and then moust it like the auld minister's wig?

    The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • "Hout awa, ye auld gowk," said Jenny Rintherout, "would ye creesh his bonny brown hair wi 'your nasty ulyie, and then moust it like the auld minister's wig?

    The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

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