Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pl. crinones (kri-nō′ nēz). A cuticular disease supposed to arise from the insinuation of a hair-worm under the skin of infants.
- noun A genus of Entozoa, found chiefly in horses and dogs.
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The word crisis itself comes from the latin verb "crino," which means "to judge."
Stefania Lucchetti: The WikiLeaks Accident -- a Time to Brace or a Time for Opportunity? Stefania Lucchetti 2010
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The word crisis itself comes from the latin verb "crino," which means "to judge."
Stefania Lucchetti: The WikiLeaks Accident -- a Time to Brace or a Time for Opportunity? Stefania Lucchetti 2010
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The word crisis itself comes from the latin verb "crino," which means "to judge."
Stefania Lucchetti: The WikiLeaks Accident -- a Time to Brace or a Time for Opportunity? Stefania Lucchetti 2010
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The word crisis itself comes from the latin verb "crino," which means "to judge."
Stefania Lucchetti: The WikiLeaks Accident -- a Time to Brace or a Time for Opportunity? Stefania Lucchetti 2010
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The word crisis itself comes from the latin verb "crino," which means "to judge."
Stefania Lucchetti: The WikiLeaks Accident -- a Time to Brace or a Time for Opportunity? Stefania Lucchetti 2010
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The word crisis itself comes from the latin verb "crino," which means "to judge."
Stefania Lucchetti: The WikiLeaks Accident -- a Time to Brace or a Time for Opportunity? Stefania Lucchetti 2010
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Princess Margaret was among the guests and could immediately be seen on the parquet floor wearing a crino-line and being worshiped by her adoring set who were known at the time as "the Smarties."
Francis Bacon (1909–1992) Blackwood, Caroline 1992
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Praetores insctibantor inde. a Ma - mos tres com capite CaracaUae « tene - crino: eill.
Doctrina nvmorvm vetervm conscripta a Josepho Eckhel .. Hohler, Emerich Thomas, 1781-1846. [from old catalog] 1792
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