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craunch
▪ I. craunch, cranch, v. (krɑːnʃ, krɔːnʃ) [Cranch appears after 1600; in early use it varied with scranch, still given by Johnson, 1755, as retained by the Scots, and now dialectal. As in other words where initial cr- and scr- interchange (cf. crab, scrab, crap, scrap, cratch, scratch), it is doubtf...
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crussel
† crushel, crussel Obs. [Corresponds to OHG. crosela, kroschela, MHG. krosel, kroszel, kroschel, MLG. crosle, LG. kroselle cartilage, gristle, referred by Hildebrand to MHG. and dial. G. krosen, krösen to gnash the teeth, crackle, craunch, crush with noise. Cf. dial. crustle, crush n. 5.] Cartilage,...
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munch
▪ I. munch, n. (mʌn(t)ʃ) [f. munch v.] a. An act of munching. b. Something to eat; a meal (dial. and jocular).a 1816 T. Thompson Canny Newcastle 53 Wiv a' the stravagin aw wanted a munch. 1897 Blackmore Dariel xlvii, The unfortunate starver..tore the cake from Cator. In a moment it was gone, almost ...
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crunch
▪ I. crunch, v. (krʌnʃ) [A recent variation of cranch, craunch, perhaps intended to express a more subdued and less obtrusive sound, perh. influenced by association with crush, munch.] 1. trans. To crush with the teeth (a thing somewhat firm and brittle); to chew or bite with a crushing noise.1814 S...
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franch
† franch, fraunch, v. Obs. Also 6 fraunge. [? onomatopœic; cf. craunch.] trans. To devour. intr. To feed greedily (on). Hence ˈfranching ppl. a. Also ˈfrancher, a devourer.1519 W. Horman Vulg. 39 b, He is euer fraunchynge. Ibid. 71 Thou arte a rauenar of delicates and a francher. 1541 R. Copland Guy...
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crush
▪ I. crush, v. (krʌʃ) Forms: 5 crusch-en, -yn, crussh-yn, (crusse), 5–6 crusshe, 6 crousshe, 7 chrush, 6– crush. Cf. croose v. [app. a. OF. croissir, croisir, sometimes cruis(s)ir, rarely crusir, croussir, to gnash (the teeth), to make a crashing or cracking noise, to crash, crack, smash, break; in ...
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crash
▪ I. crash, v. (kræʃ) Also 4 crassche, 5 craschyn, crayschyn, 5–6 crasshe. [An onomatopœic word having the same relation to crack that clash has to clack and clap: see clash, dash. There are possible associations also with crase, craze (though here the a has been long, and the s pronounced as z prob...
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out-
out- in comb. is used with substantives, with verbs and their derivatives, and with other adverbs. In OE. {uacu}t adv. was already prefixed (1) to ordinary ns. in the sense ‘that is without’, ‘out-lying’, ‘external’, as in {uacu}tland a country that is out, a distant or foreign land, {uacu}there an ...
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