a. [ad. L. crepitānt-em, pr. pple. of crepitāre to crackle: also in mod.F.]

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  1.  Making a crackling noise: crackling, crepitating.

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1855.  Browning, Master Hugues, xvi. One is incisive, corrosive; Two retorts, nettled, curt, crepitant.

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1862.  H. W. Fuller, Dis. Lungs, 249. The inflamed lung … is heavier and less crepitant under the finger.

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1873.  Holland, A. Bonnic., 192. There came close to my ear a curious crepitant rustle.

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  2.  Entom. That crepitates (see CREPITATE 2).

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1826.  Kirby & Sp., Entomol., xlvii. (1828), IV. 401. That [subtribe] to which the crepitant Eutechina belong.

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