资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Creeple \Cree"ple\ (kr[=e]"p'l), n. [See {Cripple}.]
   1. A creeping creature; a reptile. [Obs.]

            There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the
            name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his
            tail that doth discover his age.      --Morton
                                                  (1632).

   2. One who is lame; a cripple. [Obs.]

            Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is.
                                                  --Donne.