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_To_ CROUP, CRUPE, CROWP, _v. n._
1. To croak, to cry with a hoa.r.s.e voice.
_Complaynt S._
2. To speak hoa.r.s.ely, as the effect of a cold, S.
Moes. G. _hrop-jan_, Isl. _hrop-a_, clamare.
~Crowping~, _s._ A hoa.r.s.e sound.
_Douglas._
~Croup~, _s._ A disease affecting the throat of a child, S. _Cynanche trachealis_, synon. _chock_, _stuffing_, _closing_.
_Buchan._
From the noise made in breathing.
CROUP, _s._ A berry, Gl. Sibb.
V. ~Craw-croops~.
A. S. _crop_, uva.
CROUS, CROUSE, _adj._ Brisk; apparently, brave, S.
_Peblis to the Play._
Fr. _courrouce_, chafed; or Su. G. _krus_, curled.
~Crouseness~, _s._ Appearance of courage, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
~Crousely~, _adv._ With confidence, or some degree of petulance, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ CROUT, _v. n._
1. To make a croaking or murmuring noise, S.
_Popular Ball._
2. To coo, S.
V. ~Croud~.
_Complaynt S._
CROWDIE, _s._
1. Meal and water in a cold state, stirred together, so as to form a thick gruel, S.
_Ritson._
2. Food of the porridge kind in general.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _grot_, Isl. _graut-ur_, pulse made of meal and water.
_Crowdie-time_, s. Time of taking breakfast, S.
_To_ CROWL, _v. n._ To crawl, S.
_Burns._
Belg. _kriol-en_, id.
CROWNELL, _s._ A coronet.
_Douglas._
L. B. _coronula_, parva corona.
CROWNER, CROWNARE, CROUNAL, _s._
1. An officer, to whom it belonged to attach all persons, against whom there was an accusation in matters pertaining to the _crown_. E.
_coroner_.
_Wyntown._
2. The commander of the troops raised in one county.
_Baillie._
~Crownars.h.i.+p~, _s._ The office of a crowner.
