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2. Tallow, when first bruised by the candlemaker, in its impure state, S.
Su. G. _krak_, quisquiliae.
CRAFT, _s._ Croft, a piece of ground, adjoining to a house.
A. S. _croft_, id.
CRAG, CRAGE, CRAIG, _s._
1. The neck, S.
_Complaynt S._
2. The throat, S.
_Ferguson._
Teut. _kraeghe_, jugulus.
~Craiged~, _adj._ Having a neck or throat, S.
_Ramsay._
~Craigagee~, _adj._ Wrynecked, S.
V. ~Agee~.
~Cragbane~, _s._ The collar-bone.
_Wallace._
~Crage Claith~, _s._ A neckcloth, a cravat, S.
Sw. _krageclud_, id.
CRAIG, _s._ A rock, S.
_Ramsay._
C. B. _kraig_, Gael. _creog_, rupes.
~Craig-Flook~, s. A species of flounder.
_Sibbald._
~Craig-Herring~, _s._ The Shad.
_Sibbald._
~Craiglugge~, _s._ The point of a rock, S.
_Brand._
~Craigy~, _adj._ Rocky.
_Ramsay._
CRAYAR, CREAR, _s._ A kind of lighter.
_Acts Marie._
L. B. _craiera_, id. Sw. _krejare_, a small vessel with one mast.
_To_ CRAIK, _v. n._
1. Used to denote the cry of a hen after laying; or when dissatisfied, S.
_Polwart._
2. To call for any thing, with importunity and impatience, S.
Teut. _kraeck-en_, crepare, strepere.
~Crakyng~, _s._ The clamour of a fowl, S.
_Wyntown._
CRAIK, _s._ A kind of little s.h.i.+p.
_Douglas._
CRAIL-CAPON, _s._ A haddock dried, but not split, Loth., denominated from Caraill, a town in Fife.
CRAIT, CREET, _s._ A sort of basket in which window-gla.s.s is packed, S.
Germ. _kraet_, corbis.
_To_ CRAK.
