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~.

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