Creem sb. World English Historical Dictionary

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dial. [f. prec.] A shiver proceeding from cold, indisposition, etc.

1

1847–78.  Halliwell, Cream … a cold shivering. Somerset.

2

1880.  W. Cornwall Gloss., Creem, Crim, a shiver; a creeping of the flesh. ‘I feeled a crim coom o’er me.’

3

1888.  W. Somerset Word-bk., Cream, a shiver … a shivering state.

4

  Hence Creemy a. dial., shivering, shuddering.

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