_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._

~Crownarship~, _s._ The office of a crowner.

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