A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ 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. crûci (krûzi) 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.