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crottels
crottels, n. pl. (ˈkrɒt(ə)lz) Also 7 crotelles, -iles, -els. [app. dim. f. F. crote, crotte (see crot).] The globular dung or excrement of hares, etc.1598 J. Manwood Lawes Forest iv. §6 (1615) 45/2 Of a Hare [the ordure is called] crottels or cratising. 1660 Howell Parly of Beasts 8 (D.) The lesses ...
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crotising
† ˈcrotising, -izing Obs. Collective noun in same sense as prec.1598 [see crottels]. 1677 Plot Oxfordsh. 190 The infection of the grass by the urin and crotizing of the Conies. 1686 N. Cox Gentl. Recr. 12 Terms for their Ordure..Of a Hare, Crotiles or Crotosing.
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grotes
† grotes Obs.—1. [variant of crotey n.] = crottels.c 1450 ME. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 140 Take þe grotes of þe goot, and boile hem in vynegre [etc.].
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crotey
▪ I. † ˈcrotey, v. Obs. [app. a. Anglo-Fr. *croteyer = OF. *crotoyer, f. OF. crote, crotte dung of hares, etc.] trans. and intr. Of hares, rabbits, etc.: To evacuate their excrement.a 1425 Master of Game (Bodl. MS. 546 fo. 13 b), The hare..alwey..croteyeþ yn o manere. Ibid. fo. 26 Þei [bucks] crotei...
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