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

CROWNER, CROWNARE, CROUNAL, s.
1. An officer, to whom it belonged to attach all persons, against whom there was an accusation in matters pertaining to the crown. E. coroner.
Wyntown.
2. The commander of the troops raised in one county.
Baillie.

Crownarship, s. The office of a crowner.
Robertson.

CROWNER, s. The name of a fish.
V. [Crooner].

CROW-PURSE, s. The ovarium of a skate, Orkn.

CRUBAN, s. A disease of cows, S. B.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

CRUBAN, s. A wooden pannier fixed on a horse's back, Caithn.
Statist. Acc.

CRUDS, s. pl. Curds, S.
Shirrefs.

Cruddy Butter, A kind of cheese, of which the curds, being poor, are mixed with butter, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

CRUE-HERRING, s. The Shad, Tupea Alosa, Linn.
Pennant.

CRUELL, adj.
1. Keen in battle.
Wallace.
2. Resolute, undaunted.
Wallace.
3. Terrible.
Wallace.
4. Acute. "Cruel pain," acute pain, S.