Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Crokke, s. earthenware pot, 13. 12.

Crommes, s. pl. crumbs, G 60. A.S. crume, a crumb.

Crone, s. crone, hag, B 432.

Cronicle, s. chronicle, B 4398 n.

Cronique, s. chronicle, B 4398.

Crooked, adj. 1. 70. See Croked.

Croos-lyne, s. cross-line, the line from right to left through the centre, in Fig. 1; A. i. 12. 5; Cros-lyne, A. i. 12. 1.

Crop, s. top, sprout, new twig, T. ii. 348, v. 25; B 3. m 2. 23; crop and rote, top and root, everything, T. v. 1245; Croppe, dat. top, A 1532; Croppes, pl. tree-tops, ends of branches, R. 1396; new shoots, A 7; tops, 3. 424.

Cropen, pp. of Crepe.

Croper (kruper), s. crupper, G 566; Crouperes, pl. I 433.