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CROIL, CROYL, _s._ A distorted person, a dwarf.

Teut. kriel, _pumilus_.

_Polwart._

_To_ CROYN, CRONE, CRUNE, _v. n._

1. To cry as a bull does, in a low and hollow tone, S.

_Maitland Poems._

Belg. _kreun-en_, to whimper; Isl. _hryn-a_, grunnire.

2. To whine, to persist in moaning, S.

3. To hum, or sing in a low tone, S.

_Burns._

CROYN, CRUNE, CROON, _s._

1. A hollow continued moan, S.

_Douglas._

2. An incantation.

_Ramsay._

_To_ CROISE, _v. n._ To gossip, to talk a great deal about little, S. B.

Su. G. _krusa_, ficta in verbis civilitate uti.

~Crozie~, _adj._ Fawning, wheedling, Buchan.

CROISHTARICH, _s._ The fire-cross, or signal of war; a stake of wood, the one end dipped in blood, and the other burnt, (as an emblem of fire and sword,) which was conveyed with the greatest expedition, till it went through the whole tribe or country.

Gael. _croistara_, perhaps from _crois_, a cross, and _tara_, a mult.i.tude.

CROK, _s._ A dwarf, Ang.

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