Croft, n. small field, VIII a 33, 285, b 17. [OE. croft.]
Croppeth, 3 pl. pres. nibble, VIII a 33. [ON. kroppa.]
Crouders, n. pl. fiddlers, II 522. [From ME. croud, crouþ (Welsh crwth), fiddle.]
Croun(e), Crowne, n. crown, II 235, 415, VI 67, &c.; crown of the head, XIV a 10, 11. [OFr. coroune; cf. ON. krúna. In the sense 'crown of head' only the cr- forms appear.] See Corouneȝ.
Crouned(e), pp. tonsured, admitted to holy orders, VIII b 58, 62, 67. [OFr. corouner.] See prec. (which also in ME. had sense 'tonsure'), and Corounde, Vncrouned.
Crowe, n. a crow, XII a 75. [OE. crāwe.]
Crowe, v. to crow, XV g 33 (with pleonastic reflex. pron.); to announce by crowing, XII a 77. [OE. crāwan.]
Cruddes, n. pl. curds, VIII a 277. [Obscure.]
Cruell, adj. cruel, IX 237. [OFr. cruel.]
Cubite, (Cubettis, pl.), n. cubit (Biblical length measure = ell), XVII 124, 136, 258, 261, 443. [OE. cubit, L. cubitus.]