a. Obs. exc. dial. [f. CRIPPLE + -Y.] Somewhat crippled.
1775. Mad. D’Arblay’s Early Diary, 18 April. Tho’ fingers are crippley and left arm lame.
1839. Mrs. F. Trollope, M. Armstrong, iii. (D.). ‘He’s so cripply, he beant to work no more.’
1876. Whitby Gloss., Cripply, tending to lameness.
