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Creature comforts | Creature \Crea"ture\ (kr[=e]"t[=u]r; 135), n. [F. cr['e]ature, L. creatura. See {Create}.] 1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man. [1913 Webster] He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] God's first creature was light. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. --Milton. [1913 Webster] And most attractive is the fair result Of thought, the creature of a polished mind. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature. [1913 Webster] The world hath not a sweeter creature. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool. [1913 Webster] A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc. [1913 Webster] {Creature comforts}, those objects, as food, drink, and shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body. [1913 Webster +PJC] |
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