Croken, v. to bend, to curl hair, to turn aside, MD, W2; crokid, pp. curved, W2; i-croked, S.

Croket, sb. curl, MD, HD.

Crokke, sb. crock, pot, S2, PP; crocke, S, Voc.—­AS. crocca.

Crom-bolle, sb. crumb-bowl, S3.

Cromme, sb. crumb, C3; crumme, MD; crume, MD; crome, MD; crowm, Voc.—­AS. cruma.

Crommen, v. to cram, MD, S2; see Crammen.

Crone, sb. an old hag, S2, MD, C3; crony, SkD.  Cp.  ODu. kronie, karonie, an old sheep; Picard carone = F. charogne, see SkD (p. 797).  See Caroigne.

Cronicle, sb. chronicle, MD.—­OF. cronique.  For the intrusive l cp. manciple, participle, principle, syllable, canticle, treacle, cardiacle.

Cronique, sb. chronicle, S2; chronique, C.—­O.F. cronique; Late Lat. chronica; Gr. [Greek:  chronika], annals.

Croos, sb. pl. water-pots, S; see Croh.

Crop, sb. top, upper part of a tree, crop of corn, Voc., PP, S2; croppe, Prompt., Palsg.; croppes, pl., young shoots, C; croppis, S3.—­AS. crop.

Crope, 2 pt. s. didst creep, P; cropen, pp., MD; see Crepen.

Crope, sb. crupper, HD; croupe, CM, SkD.—­OF. crope (F. croupe).

Croper, sb. crupper, the hinder part of a horse, C3.—­OF. croupiere (Cotg.).

Cropiers, sb. pl. the housings on a horse’s back, HD.

Cropone, sb. the buttock, HD.—­AF. cropoun.

Cros, sb. cross, PP, MD; crosse, P, MD.—­ONorse, cros (cors); cp.  Ir. cros, Prov. cros.  Cf. Crois.

Crosselet, sb. a small crucible, C3; croslet, C3.  See SkD (s.v. crucible).

Crouche, sb. the cross of Christ, crucifix, sign or representation of the cross, MD, PP, HD; cruche, PP; crowch, S.—­Cp.  OHG. crA"ci (krA"zi) in Otfrid; Lat. cruci- (stem of crux).  Cf. Crois.

Crouchen, v. to sign with the cross, MD; cruchen, MD; crowche, MD; crouched, pt. s., MD.

Croud, Croude, sb. a musical instrument (stringed), H, W; see Crowde.

Crouken, v. to croak, S2; crowken, Prompt.; croak, Sh.

Crouken, v. to bend down, S3, MD; see Croken.

Croune, sb. crown, the tonsure, S, G; see Corone.

Crouni; see Corouen.

Crouning, sb. crowning, S2; the tonsure, P. See above.