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Cripple \Crip"ple\ (kr[i^]p"p'l), n. [OE. cripel, crepel,
crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. kr["u]ppel, Dan.
kr["o]bling, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk,
but must creep, fr. AS. cre['o]pan to creep. See {Creep}.]
One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never
had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one
who is partially disabled.

I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my
mind, the reader must determine. --Dryden.

Cripple \Crip"ple\, (kr[i^]p"p'l), n. [Local. U. S.]
(a) Swampy or low wet ground, often covered with brush or
with thickets; bog.

The flats or cripple land lying between high- and
low-water lines, and over which the waters of the
stream ordinarily come and go. --Pennsylvania
Law Reports.
(b) A rocky shallow in a stream; -- a lumberman's term.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Cripple \Crip"ple\ (kr[i^]p"p'l), a.
Lame; halting. [R.] ``The cripple, tardy-gaited night.''
--Shak.

Cripple \Crip"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crippled} (-p'ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Crippling} (-pl?ng).]
1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or
foot; to lame.

He had crippled the joints of the noble child. --Sir
W. Scott.

2. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for
service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as,
to be financially crippled.

More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the
energy of the settlement in the Bay. --Palfrey.

An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the
body politic. --Macaulay.

Another walkout could cripple the industry.
But some question whether Mr. Ross's departure would cripple the company.
Mrs Wulf-Mathies has on each occasion countered with threats that her membership is prepared to cripple the administration with stoppages if its pay - currently 14 per cent below the industrial average - is not brought into line.
While neither sanction would be airtight, the combined effect of even a partial quarantine would cripple both Iran's chances of breaking through Iraqi defenses, and its tottering economic base.
"As former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, I know that such cuts will cripple our country," retired Adm.
Whites control the economy and white business and political leaders say any future power-sharing deal with blacks must rest on a free enterprise system. The white business community fears nationalization will cripple the economy.
The suit claims that the NFL is trying to cripple the union financially by hurting its licensing business, the union's main source of revenue.
With Eastern all but liquidated, management needn't fear that a guilty plea would cripple the airline's business.
But he still struggles to win over working-class New Hampshire Democrats; a poor showing in the first primary could cripple his chances.
That would cripple any effort by Chicago to purchase Commonwealth Edison's facilities.
Solidarity leaders said the plan to close the shipyard was an attempt to cripple Solidarity at a time the government says i wants to negotiate.
The CFTC and the futures industry oppose any shift, saying it will cripple the agency's ability to regulate other futures porducts and overregualate a segment of an industry that is trying to stave off foreign competition.
A federal appeals court in New York, meanwhile, refused to let commuter railroad workers cripple Northeast rail transit by honoring Eastern Machinists' picket lines.
Delivering the Democrats' official response, Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton said Mr. Reagan's request "will cripple, if not destroy, the peace process.
Egypt may have elicited the reported promise to allay Arab fears that Israel was preparing to launch a military strike on Iraq to cripple its burgeoning weapons industry.
Officials said the rules are intended to cripple the Palestinians economically unless they stop staging strikes and other acts of civil disobedience.
In June, a group called English Plus, launched a campaign against the constitutional amendment, saying the law is discriminatory and could cripple business and tourism in a state with strong ties to Latin America.
The Supreme Court decision could also cripple investors' ability to finance hostile bids.
During a stop Sunday on the command ship of the U.S. naval task force in the Persian Gulf, Cheney vowed the United States would continue its effort to cripple Iraq's international commerce and use force if necessary.
They have raised $484 million, and the money is paying dividends, Lewis said, with medical science starting to unlock the mysteries of 40 neuromuscular diseases that cripple thousands annually.
DAT units, which reproduce sound more accurately than conventional, analog machines, are apparently so good that many vendors fear they could cripple the booming sales of compact-disk players.
A "work force crisis" will cripple the United States' ability to compete internationally without immediate steps to improve the education, training and efficiency of U.S. workers, says a report submitted today to Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole.
Maxwell Taylor and others argued post-coup confusion would cripple the war effort.
To head off potential unrest that could cripple implementation of his reforms, several government officials say Mr. Gorbachev may ban strikes.
Meanwhile, the House Appropriations Committee took a step toward delaying automatic spending cuts that would cripple the federal government, and President Bush promptly pledged to veto such a measure unless budget negotiators reach a compromise first.
That could cripple fund-raising over the phone, he said.
China had greeted Mr Christopher's arrival by detaining more than a dozen dissidents in preceding days. Chinese officials have warned that cancellation of MFN would cripple access for US business to China.
Many say flatly that without new and bigger airports, congestion in the skies and on the ground will cripple the air-transport system.
'What will deter but not cripple?
They can cripple a personal computer or a network by scrambling or deleting data or simply duplicating itself, like the first paragraph of this story, eating up valuable storage space.

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