▪ I. † croose, v. Obs.
Also 6 crowse.
[? a. OF. croussir, crusir: see crush.]
To crush.
| 1567 Drant Horace Epist. ii. i. F viij, He that did crowse and culpon once Hydra of hellish spyte [Lat. diram qui contudit hydram]. 1611 Cotgr., Esmarmeler, to crush, croose, or burst in peeces. 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 130 They can't strike sail, or notch the wheels, and croose the springs, at work within them, in a trice. |
▪ II. croose, -ly
var. of crouse, -ly.