CRUTCH
Crutch, v. t.
Defn: To support on crutches; to prop up. [R.]
Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse. Dryden.
CRUTCHED
Crutched (krcht), a.
1. Supported upon crutches.
2. Etym: [See Crouch, v. t., and Crouched, a. ]
Defn: Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; — called also crossed friar and crouched friar.
CRUTH
Cruth (krth), n. Etym: [W. crwth.] (Mus.)
Defn: See 4th Crowd.
CRUX Crux (krks), n.; pl. E. Cruxes (-, L. Cruces (kr. Etym: [L., cross, torture, trouble.]
Defn: Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. Dr.
Sheridan.
The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists. Strauss.