Obs. Also 5 crese, cres. [f. CREASE v.1] = INCREASE sb.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 101. Crese, or increse … excrescencia.
1530. Palsgr., 210/2. Crease, encrease, reuenues, augmentation.
1568. T. Howell, Arb. Amitie (1879), 19. The more it comes vnto the crease of yeres, The more it faylth.
1575. Art of Planting, 13. In the crease of the Moone.
