creesh

noun

ˈkrēsh

variants or creish

plural -es or creishes

ˈkrēsh,

ˈkrāsh

chiefly Scottish

: grease

Word History

Etymology

Middle English cresche, from Middle French creisse, cresse, craisse, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin crassia

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