Definition of "crevisse" []

• In medieval armor, any piece which consists of plates of steel sliding one over the other, as in the culets, tassets, and gauntlets. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Ecclesia pene in infinitum crevisse traditiones, oppressa interim doctrina de fide: [11100] 1"
• "Constat autem propter hanc persuasionem, in Ecclesia pene in infinitum crevisse traditiones, oppressa interim doctrina de fide But of this question ours do thus teach: that the Bishops have no power to ordain any thing contrary to the Gospel, as was showed before."