CROMLECH
CROMLECH, noun Huge flat stones resting on other stones, set on end for that purpose; supposed to be the remains of druidical altars.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CRONE
CRONE, noun [Gr., old.]1. An old woman.2. An old ewe.
CRONET
CRONET, noun [coronet.]1. The hair which grows over the top of a horses hoof.2. The iron at the end of a tilting spade.
CRONICAL
CRONICAL, CRONYCAL. [See Acronical.]
CRONY
CRONY, noun [See Crone. But this word seems to carry the sense of fellowship; to join, to associate; whence its derivative, an associate.] An intimate companion; an associate; a...
CRONYCAL
CRONICAL, CRONYCAL [See Acronical.]
CROOK
CROOK, noun [G., the back, or ridge of an animal. Latin, a wrinkle, a circle; rough, hoarse. The radical sense of crook is to strain or draw; hence, to bend.]1. Any bend, turn o...
CROOK-BACK
CROOK-BACK, noun A crooked back; one who has a crooked back or round shoulders.
CROOK-BACKED
CROOK-BACKED, adjective Having a round back, or shoulders.
CROOK-KNEED
CROOK-KNEED, adjective Having crooked knees.
CROOK-SHOULDERED
CROOK-SHOULDERED, adjective Having bent shoulders.
CROOKED
CROOKED, participle passive or adjective1. Bent; curved; curving; winding.2. Winding in moral conduct; devious; froward; perverse; going out of the path of rectitude; given to o...
CROOKEDLY
CROOKEDLY, adverb1. In a winding manner.2. Untowardly; not compliantly.
CROOKEDNESS
CROOKEDNESS, noun1. A winding, bending or turning; curvity; curvature; inflection.2. Perverseness; untowardness; deviation from rectitude; iniquity; obliquity of conduct.3. Defo...
CROOKEN
CROOKEN, verb transitive To make crooked. [Not in use.]
CROOKING
CROOKING, participle present tense Bending; winding.
CROOP
CROOP, CROUP, noun The disease called technically cynanche trachealis, and affection of the throat accompanied with a hoarse difficult respiration. It is vulgarly called rattles.
CROOPADE
CROUPADE, CROOPADE noun [from croup, or its root.] In the manege, a leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs, as if he drew them up to his belly.
CROP
CROP, noun [G., Latin The crop of a fowl, and a crop of grain or hay are consistently the same word.]1. The first stomach of a fowl; the craw.2. The top or highest part of a thi...
CROP-EAR
CROP-EAR, noun [crop and ear.] A horse whose ears are cropped.
CROP-EARED
CROP-EARED, adjective Having the ears cropped.
CROP-SICK
CROP-SICK, adjective Sick or indisposed from a surcharged stomach; sick with excess in eating or drinking.
CROP-SICKNESS
CROP-SICKNESS, noun Sickness from repletion of the stomach. Latin
CROPFUL
CROPFUL, adjective Having a full crop or belly; satiated.
CROPPED
CROPPED, CROPT, participle passive Cut off; plucked; eaten off; reaped, or mowed.
CROPPER
CROPPER, noun A pigeon with a large crop.
CROPPING
CROPPING, participle present tense Cutting off; pulling off; eating off; reaping, or mowing.CROPPING, noun1. The act of cutting off.2. The raising of crops.