▪ I. † crouk, v. Obs. rare.
Also 5 crowke.
[Of uncertain origin; but perh. corresponding to Ger. dial. krauchen in same sense, which Hildebrand suggests to be:—*kr{uacu}kan = kreukan (Ger. kriechen), like OLG. kr{uacu}pan = kreupan, OE. créopan to creep. Cf. crouch v.]
intr. To bow, to make obeisance.
| c 1394 P. Pl. Crede 751 Kniȝtes croukeþ hem to & crucheþ full lowe. c 1460 Towneley Myst. 163 For I [Joseph] can nawthere crowke ne knele [sc. to the doctors in the Temple: Luke ii. 46]. |
▪ II. crouk
var. of crook v.2, to croak.