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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
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Chapter 9 Croyn.

To CRUNKLE, v. a.

1. To cress, to rumple, S.

2. To shrivel, to contract, S.

Teut. kronckel-en, to wrinkle.

Crunkle, s. A cress, a wrinkle, S.

CRUNT, s. A blow on the head with a cudgel, S.

Burns.

CRUVE, CRUIVE, s. A box resembling a hen-crib, placed in a dam or dike that runs across a river, for confining the fish that enter into it, S.

Su. G. krubba, praesepe.

Acts Ja. I.

CRUTLACHIN, part. pr. Conversing in a silly tattling way, S. B.

CUCHIL, CUTHIL, s. A forest or grove.

Douglas.

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