Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CREASE, n. [Qu. G. kräusen, Sw. krusa, Dan. kruser, Scot. creis, to curl, to crisp. Class Rd, No. 73, 83; or Fr. creuser, to make hollow, from creux, hollow. Class Rg. See Crisp.]

A line or mark made by folding or doubling any thing; a hollow streak, like a groove.