ˈcrocean, a.1
[cf. prec.]
= croceous.
| 1621 Quarles Argalus & P. iii. Wks. (Grosart) III. 269/1 And from the pillow of his Crocian bed Don Phœbus rouzes his refulgent head. 1638 ― Hieroglyph. xv. III. 196/2 Rising in glory from his Crocean bed. 1900 F. Thompson Sel. Poems 21 The crocean and amethystine In their pristine Lustre linger on its coat. |