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Creaser

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crease  (krs)
n.
1. A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
2. Sports
a. A rectangular area marked off in front of the goal in hockey and lacrosse.
b. One of the lines in cricket marking off the positions of the bowler and batter or the space between two of these lines.
v. creased, creas·ing, creas·es
v.tr.
1. To make a pressed, folded, or wrinkled line in.
2. To graze or wound superficially with a bullet.
v.intr.
To become wrinkled.
[Alteration of creaste, perhaps from Middle English creste, ridge; see crest.]
creaseless adj.
creaseproof adj.
creaser n.
creasy adj.
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Creaser titled "A review of the Rhenium-Osmium (Re-Os) isotope system with application to organic-rich sedimentary rocks" emphasizes the importance of the Re-Os isotope system to the direct dating of sedimentary rocks, particularly black shales in which these broadly chalcophile and siderophile elements are concentrated by reductive extraction from seawater.
Geochemistry of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks: Evolutionary ... by Lydon, John W. / Geoscience Canada
Creaser CS, Fernandes AR, AI-Haddad A, Harrad S J, Homer RB, Skett PW, et al.
Potential for increased human foodborne exposure to PCDD/F when ... by Teschke, Kay / Environmental Health Perspectives
Bringing together aesthetic and political concerns in "Prosody and Liberty in Milton and Marvell," John Creaser does a fine job of showing how Milton's individualistic pursuit of liberty is expressed in his flexible use of verse forms.
Milton and the Terms of Liberty by Loewenstein, David / Renaissance Quarterly
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