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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Crō'ceōus, a. p. 314Consisting of, or like, saffron; yellow. [Rare.] Bailey.Crō'ches, n. pl. p. 314Little buds or knobs about the tops of a deer's horn.Cro·chet', n. p. 314A kind of netting made by means of a small hook, the material being worsted, cotton, or silk.Cro-chet', v. t. p. 314To perform the kind of netting called crochet; as, to crochet a shawl.Crō'ci-a-ry, n. p. 314(Eccl.) The person whose duty it is to carry the crozier before the archbishop. [Obs.]Cro-cid'o-lite, n. p. 314(Min.) An asbestos-like mineral, having long and delicate fibers, and consisting principally of silicate of iron.Crŏc'i·tā'tion, n. p. 314A croaking. [Obs.] Bailey.Crōck, n. p. 314An earthen vessel; a pot or pitcher; a cup. [Obs.] “The Crock of Gold.” Tupper.Crōck, v. t. p. 314To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell.Crōck, n. p. 314The fine and loose black matter collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot.Crŏck, v. t. p. 314To blacken with soot, or other matter collected from combustion, or with the coloring matter of cloth.Crōck, v. i. p. 314To give off crock or smut.Crōck'er-y, n. p. 314Earthenware; vessels formed of clay, glazed and baked; pottery.Crōck'et, n. p. 314(Arch.) An ornament formed in imitation of curved and bent foliage, and placed upon the angles of canopies, spires, and pinnacles.Crŏck'et-ed, a. p. 314Ornamented with crockets, or projecting leaves, bunches of foliage, &c.Crōck'y, a. p. 314Smutty.Crōc'o-dīle, n. p. 314(Zoöl.) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus. It grows to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, runs swiftly on the land, but does not easily turn itself. It inhabits the large rivers in Africa…Crōc'o-dīle, a. p. 314Pertaining to, or like, a crocodile. 2. Consisting of crocodiles; as, the crocodile family.Crocodile tears p. 314false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow;—derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey.Crōc'o-dīl'i-an, a. p. 314Pertaining to the crocodile.Crōc'o-dīl'i-an, n. p. 314(Zoöl.) A member of the crocodile family; a crocodile.Crōc'o-dil'i-ty, n. p. 314(Logic.) A captious or sophistical mode of arguing. [Rare.]Crō'cois-ite, n. p. 314(Min.) The chromate of lead; red-lead ore.Crō'con-ate, n. p. 314(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base.Cro-cōn'ic, a. p. 314Yellow, like saffron. Croconic acid (Chem.), a crystallizable acid obtained by heating potash with carbon;—so called from the color of its salts.Crō'cus, n. p. 315(Bot.) A genus of plants valued for their early flowering, and the brilliancy of the blossoms. C. sativus produces the saffron. Loudon. 2. (Chem.) A deep-yellow powder; any metal calcined to a red or…Crōft, n. p. 315A small close, or inclosed field, used for pasture, tillage, or other purposes. This have I learned, Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts That brow this bottom glade. Milton.Croi-sāde' or Croi-sā'do, n. p. 315A holy war. [Obs.] See CRUSADE.Croise, n. p. 315A soldier or pilgrim engaged in a crusade, and wearing the badge of it. “The necessity and weakness of the croises.” Burke.Crois-sānt’, n. p. 315(Her.) A cross, the ends of which are terminated by crescents.Crō'ker, n. p. 315A water fowl that inhabits the Chesapeake, and the large rivers in Virginia. Pennant.Crō'mā, n. p. 315(Mus.) A character used in musical notation; a quaver.Crōme, n. p. 315A crook; a staff with a hook at the end of it. [Prov. Eng.] Hallowell.Crōm'lech, n. p. 315A structure of large stones, a part set uprightly, and others of a flat shape resting on them, found in countries formerly occupied by the Celts, and supposed to be the remains of druidical altars.Cro-mōr'nā, n. p. 315(Mus.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. [Corruptly written cromona.]Crōne, n. p. 315An old ewe. [Obs.] Tusser. 2. An old woman;—usually in contempt; more rarely an aged man. But still the crone was constant to her note: The more he spoke, the more she stretched her throat. Dryden.…Crō'nel, n. p. 315The iron head of a tilting spear. [Written also coronel.] The heads of tilting lances being blunt, or fitted with a contrivance to prevent penetration, called a “coronel” or cronel, from its…Crō'net, n. p. 315The hair which grows over the top of a horse's hoof.Crōn'stedt-īte, n. p. 315(Min.) A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms;—so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt. Dana.Crō'ny, n. p. 315An intimate companion; an associate; a familiar friend. [Colloq.] To oblige your crony Swift, Bring our dame a new year's gift. Swift. He soon found his former cronies, though all rather the worse…Crōn'ye-al, a. p. 315Same as ACRONYCAL. See ACRONYCAL.Croo'dle, v. i. p. 315To bend over; to cower down or shrink together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in their straw. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Forby. Not as a dove to fly home to her nest and…Crook, n. p. 315A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. Those sapphire-colored brooks, Which, conduit-like, with curious crooks, Sweet islands make. Sidney. 2. A device used as a subterfuge; an indirect method…Crōōk, v. t. p. 315CROOKED (krōōkt); p. pr. & vb. n. CROOKING. [Icel. kroka, Sw. krōka, Dan. krōge. See supra.] 1. To make into a crook; to turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. There is but little labor of the…Crook, v. i. p. 315To be bent or curved; to deviate from a right line; to turn by a crook. Their shoes and pattens are snouted, and piked more than a finger long, crooking upwards. (Camden.)Croōk'-băck, n. p. 315A crooked back; one who has a crooked back or round shoulders.Crook'ed, p. a. p. 315Characterized by a crook or curve; bent; not straight. “Crooked paths.” Locke. “A sibyl, old, brow-bent with crooked age.” Milton. 2. Not straight forward; deviating from rectitude; devious…Crook'ed-ly, adv. p. 315In a curved, crooked, or perverse manner.Crook'ed-ness, n. p. 315The condition or quality of being crooked; curvature; inflection. The absence of straightness in bodies capable thereof is crookedness. Hooker. 2. Deformity of body. “A severe search to see if there…Cro͝ok'en, v. t. p. 315To make crooked. [Obs.]Crōōm, n. p. 315Same as CROME.Crōōn, n. p. 315A low, continued moan; a murmur. 2. A simple piece of music; a plain, artless melody.Crōōn, v. t. p. 315To sing in a low tone; to sing softly; to hum. Holding fast his gude blue bonnet Whiles crooning o'er some auld Scots sonnet. Burns. 2. To soothe by singing softly. The fragment of the childish hymn…Crōōn, v. i. p. 315To make a continuous noise in a low, hollow tone, as cattle do when in pain; to whine or moan. Jamieson. 2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly. Here an old grandmother was crooning over a…Crŏp, n. p. 315The protuberant upper receptacle of food of a bird, situated in the throat; the craw. 2. The top, end, or highest part of any thing; especially of a plant. 3. That which is cropped, cut, or gathered…Crŏp, v. t. p. 315To cut off the ends of; to bite or pull off; to pluck; to mow; to reap. “A closely cropped head of hair.” Thackeray. No more, my goats, shall I behold you climb The steepy cliffs or crop the flowery…Crŏp, v. i. p. 315To yield harvest. [Obs.] Shak. To crop out. (a.) (Geol.) To appear above the surface, as a seam or vein, or inclined bed, as of coal. (b.) To come to light; to be manifest; to appear; as, the…Crŏp'-ear, n. p. 315A person or animal whose ears are cropped.Crŏp'-eared, a. p. 315Having the ears cropped.Crōpe, imp. & p. p. p. 315of creep. [Obs.] See CREEP.