[f. CRAWL v.1] The action of crawling; a slow creeping motion.
1818. Shelley, Rev. Islam, X. xliii. In the silence … Was heard on high the reptiles’ hiss and crawl.
1853. Kane, Grinnell Exp., xxxiv. (1856), 307. I rather dislike the crawl of centipede or slime of snail.
