\Crease\ (kr[=e]s), n.
See {Creese}. --Tennyson.

\Crease\, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness,
krausen, kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh.
of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to
wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple,
crease.]
1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable
   substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of
   the bowler and the striker.
{Bowling crease} (Cricket), a line extending three feet four
   inches on each side of the central strings at right angles
   to the line between the wickets.
{Return crease} (Cricket), a short line at each end of the
   bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward
   the bowler.
{Popping crease} (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of the
   wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling
   crease and at least as long as the latter. --J. H. Walsh
   (Encyc. of Rural Sports).

\Crease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creased} (kr?st); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Creasing}.]
To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
      Creased, like dog's ears in a folio.     --Gray.

\Crease\, n. (Lacrosse)
The combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing
either goal, or the inclosed space itself, within which no
attacking player is allowed unless the ball is there; --
called also {goal crease}.