n. A line or long thin mark made by folding or doubling; hence, a similar mark, however produced.n. Specifically, one of certain lines used in the game of cricket.n. A split or rent.n. A curved tile.n. The top of a horse's neck.To make a line or long thin mark in, as by folding, doubling, or indenting.To indent, as a cartridge-case, for the purpose of confining the charge; crimp.In hunting, to wound by a shot which flattens the upper vertebræ, or cuts the muscles of the neck, and stuns, but does not kill.To increase; grow.To increase; augment.n. Increase; profit.n. A less common spelling of creese.