Chapter 2 Hagbut.

CROCHIT, part. pa. "Covered."

Gawan and Gol.

CROCKONITION, s. Any thing bruised to pieces.

Buchan.

CROFT-LAND, s. Land of superior quality, which was still cropped, S.

Statist. Acc.

CROIL, CROYL, s. A distorted person, a dwarf.

Teut. kriel, pumilus.

Polwart.

To CROYN, CRONE, CRUNE, v. n.

1. To cry as a bull does, in a low and hollow tone, S.

Maitland Poems.

Belg. kreun-en, to whimper; Isl. hryn-a, grunnire.

2. To whine, to persist in moaning, S.

3. To hum, or sing in a low tone, S.

Burns.

CROYN, CRUNE, CROON, s.

1. A hollow continued moan, S.

Douglas.

2. An incantation.

Ramsay.

To CROISE, v. n. To gossip, to talk a great deal about little, S. B.

Su. G. krusa, ficta in verbis civilitate uti.

Crozie, adj. Fawning, wheedling, Buchan.

CROISHTARICH, s. The fire-cross, or signal of war; a stake of wood, the one end dipped in blood, and the other burnt, (as an emblem of fire and sword,) which was conveyed with the greatest expedition, till it went through the whole tribe or country.

Gael. croistara, perhaps from crois, a cross, and tara, a multitude.

CROK, s. A dwarf, Ang.

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, petit 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.