▪ I. † croape, v. Obs.
Also crope.
[Cf. croup.]
intr. To croak.
| c 1500 Kennedy Flyting w. Dunbar 393 Cursit croapand craw. 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 39 The ropeen of the rauynis gart the crans crope. 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil in Arb. Garner V. 481 Bulls bellow through the wood! Ravens croape! 1600 Abp. Abbot Exp. Jonah 471 He feedeth the young ravens who do cry or croape. |
▪ II. croape
obs. pa. tense of creep.