1) creature. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...A member of the human race: being, body, homo, human, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, soul. See BEINGS....
2) Creature (The). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Whisky or other spirits. A contracted form of "Creature-comfort." 1 "When he chanced to have taken an overdose of the creature."-Sir W. Scott: Guy Mannering, chap....
3) Creature-comforts. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...for the comfort of the body. Man being supposed to consist of body and soul, the body is the creature, but the soul is the "vital spark of heavenly flame." 1 "Mr....
4) griffin, legendary creature. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...griffin, legendary creature, in ancient and medieval legend, creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. Its name also appears as griffon...
5) creature comforts. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition.
2002
...creature comforts The basic physical things that make life pleasant—good food, warm clothing, etc.: The poor frequently lack the creature comforts the rest of us...
6) creature. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...1. Something created. 2a. A living being, especially an animal: land creatures; microscopic creatures in a drop of water. b. A human. c. An imaginary or fantastical...
7) creature comfort. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Something, such as food and warmth, that contributes to physical comfort. Often used in the plural....
8) 259. A Creature Catechism by Bliss Carman. Nicholson & Lee, eds. 1917. The
Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse
...Takes hold on us down in the gloom. No more can the filmy drift Nor draughty currents buoy 10 Our whim to its bent, nor lift Our heart to the height of its joy. When...
9) 128. The past is such a curious creature. Part One: Life. Dickinson,
Emily. 1924. Complete Poems
...THE PAST is such a curious creature, To look her in the face A transport may reward us, Or a disgrace. Unarmed if any meet her, 5 I charge him, fly! Her rusty ammunition...
10) XXXI. Book III: On Inward Consolation. Of the Neglect of every Creature,
that the Creator may be found. Thomas a Kempis. 1909-14. The Imitation of
Christ. The Harvard Classics
...O LORD, I still need more grace, if I would arrive where neither man nor any other creature may hinder me. For so long as anything keepeth me back, I cannot freely...
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