crine

From Latin crīnis, from Proto-Italic *kriznis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kre-i-s-, extension of the root *(s)ker- (“to turn; to bend”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine
• Hyphenation: crì‧ne

crine m (plural crini)

1. any hair from the mane or tail of a horse or other similar animal
   1. horsehair
      • 13^th century, “Del conoscimento della bellezza de’ Cavalli”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture]‎, translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 405:

        I crini sien piani, e pochi

        The hairs should be straight, and few

2. (collective) a mass of such hair
3. a fabric made from such hair
4. (poetic) a hair

   Synonym: capello

   • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro quinto [Fifth Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎, published 1991:

     tutto spogliata di vestimenti, e’ crini del capo diligentemente scrinati

     Completely stripped of clothes, and [with] diligently styled hair

5. (poetic, collective) hair

   Synonym: capelli

   • c. 1340, Giovanni Boccaccio, Teseida‎, section 30, page 381:

     Con rabbuffata barba e tristo crine

     With ruffled beard and messed-up hair

   • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “Il sabato del villaggio”, in Canti‎, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 95:

     ornare ella si appresta ¶ dimani, al dí di festa, il petto e il crine

     She prepares to ornate, tomorrow, on the day of the festival, the chest and the hair

6. tail (visible stream from a comet)

   Synonym: coda

   • 1581, Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide [Aeneid]‎, Florence: Leonardo Ciardetti, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, published 1827, Libro V, page 243:

     Tal sovente dal ciel divelta cade ¶ Notturna stella, e trascorrendo lascia ¶ Dopo sè lungo e luminoso il crine.

     Like that, a night star torn from the sky often falls, and, passing, it leaves after itself long and bright tail.

7. (poetic) ray, beam

   Synonym: raggio

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto ⅩⅩⅣ, page 355, lines 1–3:

     In quella parte del giovanetto anno ¶ che ’l sole i crin sotto l'Aquario tempra

     In that part of the young year where the Sun makes the rays warm under the Aquarius

8. (Tuscan) Synonym of crinale

• scrinare

• crine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• cerni

crīne

1. ablative singular of crīnis

• cryne

From Gaelic crìon (fade, wither).

crine

1. shrink, shrivel

Often in the phrase "to crine in", meaning to become smaller in old age.

crine

1. inflection of crinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative