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Critical pressure
The minimum pressure needed to liquefy a gas at its critical temperature.

Crock
A piece of broken pot used to help drainage. Almost always referring to clay or ceramic pieces.

Crocket
An ornament of curved leaves or flowers on a curving stalk, which is used to decorate the angles of roofs, gables, etc., primarily with Gothic architecture.

Crocking
Any material used in the bottom of containers to provide drainage (i.e. shells, rocks, broken pottery, Styrofoam.).

Crocus cloth
Finer than sandpaper grit on a cloth backing.

Crook
The distortion of a board in which there is a deviation, in a direction perpendicular to the edge, from a straight line from end to end of the piece.

Cross
Plumbing fitting which joins four lines together.

Cross band
Veneer layers, in plywood, where grain direction is perpendicular to that of the face plies.

Cross beam
A transverse beam. A beam placed across another or from one wall to another.

Cross bond
Brickwork pattern where joints of alternating courses line up over the centers of the courses on either side

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