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CROIL, CROYL, _s_ A distorted person, a dwarf

Teut kriel, _pumilus_

_Polwart_

_To_ CROYN, CRONE, CRUNE, _v n_

1 To cry as a bull does, in a low and hollow tone, S

_Maitland Poems_

Belg _kreun-en_, to whirunnire

2 To whine, to persist in , S

3 To hu in a low tone, S

_Burns_

CROYN, CRUNE, CROON, _s_

1 A hollow continued moan, S

_Douglas_

2 An incantation

_Ramsay_

_To_ CROISE, _v n_ To gossip, to talk a great deal about little, S B

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 ereatest 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