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

CROOT, s.
1. A puny, feeble child, Loth.
2. The youngest and feeblest of a nest, or of a litter, South of S. synon. [wrig].

Arm. crot, petit enfant.

CROTE, s. The smallest particle.

Sw. krut, powder.

Wyntown.

CROUCHIE, s. One that is hunchbacked, S.
Burns.

Su. G. krok, incurvus.

To CROUD, CROWDE, v. n.
1. To coo as a dove.
Douglas.
2. To croak, S.
Ruddiman.
3. Metaph. to groan, to complain.
Z. Boyd.

C. B. gridhuan, gemere; Belg. kryt-en, to cry.

CROUDE, s. A musical instrument formerly used in S.