An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

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 multitude.

CROK, s. A dwarf, Ang.

Su. G. kraek, animal quodvis exiguum, Isl. kracke, kroge, tener puellus vel pullus.

CROK, s. An old ewe that has given over bearing, S.
Dunbar.

To CROK, v. n. To suffer decay from age, Gl. Sibb.

CRONACHIN, part. pr. Gossiping in a tattling way, S. B.

Perhaps from [Coranich], q. v.