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Su. G. _kraek_, animal quodvis exiguum, Isl. _kracke_, _kroge_, tener puellus vel pullus.
CROK, _s._ An old ewe that has given over bearing, S.
_Dunbar._
_To_ CROK, _v. n._ To suffer decay from age, Gl. Sibb.
CRONACHIN, _part. pr._ Gossiping in a tattling way, S. B.
Perhaps from _Coranich_, q. v.
CRONDE, _s._ Leg. _croude_, a fiddle.
_Houlate._
_To_ CRONE, _v. n._ To use many words in a wheedling way, Buchan.
CRONY, _s._ A potatoe, Dumfr.
_To_ CROOK, _v. n._ To halt in walking, S.
Sw. _krok-ia_, id.
_Ramsay._
~Crook~, _s._ A halt, S.
_Rutherford._
CROOKSADDLE, _s._ A saddle for supporting panniers, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
CROONER, CROWNER, _s._ The Trigla lyra, a fish, S.; denominated from the _cruning_ noise it makes after being taken.
_Barry._
_To_ CROP the _causey_, to appear openly and boldly; q. to keep the _crown_ of the causey.
_Spalding._
CROOT, _s._
1. A puny, feeble child, Loth.
2. The youngest and feeblest of a nest, or of a litter, South of S.
synon. _wrig_.
Arm. _crot_, pet.i.t enfant.
CROTE, _s._ The smallest particle.
Sw. _krut_, powder.
_Wyntown._
CROUCHIE, _s._ One that is hunchbacked, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _krok_, incurvus.
_To_ CROUD, CROWDE, _v. n._
1. To coo as a dove.
_Douglas._
2. To croak, S.
_Ruddiman._
3. Metaph. to groan, to complain.
_Z. Boyd._
C. B. _gridhuan_, gemere; Belg. _kryt-en_, to cry.
CROUDE, _s._ A musical instrument formerly used in S.
CROVE, _s._ A cottage.
V. ~Crufe~.
