▪ I. † croh Obs.
In 3 croo.
[OE. cróᵹ, cróh small vessel, cognate with OHG. chruog, MHG. kruoc(g), Ger. krug pitcher, jug, mug:—OTeut. *krôgo-z. Cf. crock n.1]
A pitcher, a water-pot.
| a 700 Epinal Gloss. 584 Lagoena crooᵹ [so in Erfurt, Leyden; Corpus 1171 croᵹ]. c 1050 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 298/17 Lagena croᵹ. ― Glosses ibid. 431/36 Lagena croh. c 1230 Hali Meid. 39 Þe croh eorneð iþe fur & te cheorl chideð. c 1250 Old Kentish Serm. in O.E. Misc. 29 Fol vellet..þos Ydres, þet is to sigge þos Croos, oþer þos faten of watere. |
▪ II. croh
OE. form of crocus (sense 2), saffron.