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crowke
† crouke, crowke Obs. [OE. cr{uacu}ce fem. pot, little pitcher, ‘urceolus’, cognate with OS. krûka (MDu. crûke, Du. kruik, MHG. krûche, dial. Ger. krauche). The LG. word was prob. the source of F. cruche, and the ME. of Welsh crwc, which has no Celtic cognates. OTeut. *krûka- is perh. in ablaut rela...
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crouk
▪ I. † crouk, v. Obs. rare. Also 5 crowke. [Of uncertain origin; but perh. corresponding to Ger. dial. krauchen in same sense, which Hildebrand suggests to be:—*kr{uacu}kan = kreukan (Ger. kriechen), like OLG. kr{uacu}pan = kreupan, OE. créopan to creep. Cf. crouch v.] intr. To bow, to make obeisanc...
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croak
▪ I. croak, n. (krəʊk) Also 8 croke. [See croak v.] 1. The deep hoarse sound made by a frog or raven. Also transf. and fig.1561 J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 225 b, They play the waterfrogs, singyng croake croake. 1632 Rowley Woman never vext iii. in Hazl. Dodsley XII. 160 O thou fatal raven...
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crouch
▪ I. † crouch, n.1 Obs. Forms: 1 cr{uacu}c, 2–3 cruche, 4–5 crouche, crowch(e. [Early ME. cruche, app.:—OE. cr{uacu}c, ad. L. crux, crucis cross. OE. cr{uacu}c is known to occur once c 1000 in sense ‘sign of the cross’: its history presents some difficulties. The palatalization of the final ć (whenc...
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crock
▪ I. crock, n.1 (krɒk) Forms: 1 crocca, 3 krocke, 3–7 crocke, 4 crokk(e, 5–6 crok, 6– crock. [OE. croc(c and crocca masc., earthenware pot or pitcher, related to Icel. krukka f. (Da. krukke, Sw. kruka) in same sense; and perh. more remotely to croh, and crouke. Whether the Celtic words, MIr. crocan,...
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crook
▪ I. crook, n. and a. (krʊk) Forms: 3–4 croc, 3–6 croke, 4–5 Sc. and north. cruk, 4–6 crok, kroke, 5–6 cruke, 5–8 crooke, 6–9 Sc. cruik, 4– crook. [ME. crōk, crōc, app. a. ON. krókr (Sw. krok, Da. krog) crook, hook, barb, trident; unknown elsewhere in Teutonic, but app. belonging to the same ablaut ...
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