Cree"ple (kr?"p'l), n. [See Cripple.]
1.
A creeping creature; a reptile.
[Obs.]
There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age.
Morton (1632).
2.
One who is lame; a cripple.
[Obs.]
Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is.
Donne.
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