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craav, craif, crave, craver, craves, cravin, creve,
crave [kreːv]
n. A desire, hankering. A request or petition, especially in ecclesiastical or legal language.
pl. craves
v. To crave, to long for food or drink. leg. To ask as of right from an ecclesiastical or legal court. To press for payment of a debt.
pt. craved
pp. craved, craven
n. A desire, hankering. A request or petition, especially in ecclesiastical or legal language.
pl. craves
v. To crave, to long for food or drink. leg. To ask as of right from an ecclesiastical or legal court. To press for payment of a debt.
pt. craved
pp. craved, craven
Compounds and phrases etc.
craver: A note demanding payment of a debt. A creditor.
cravin: Craving.
cravin: Craving.
cra, cra$, cra$ed, cra$s, craa, craa$ed, craaed, craafit, craahead, craaheid, craan, craa-road, craas, craastaps, craasteps, craat, craatae, craa-tae, craataes, craa-taes, craayin, crah, crahs, cran, cra-road, cras, crastaps, crasteps, crat, cra-taes, cra-taes, cratay, craw, craw$s_fit, craw$t, craw-creuk, crawed, crawed, crawheid, crawn, craw-road, craws, crawsfoot, crawstaps, crawsteps, crawt, crawtae, craw-tae, crawtaes, craw-taes, crawtree, crawtrees, crew, crewn, croo, crou, crue, grew, headicraa, heedie-craa, heidicraa, heidicraw, heidiecraa, heidiecraw, hoodie, hoodie_craa, hoodiecraw, hoodie-craw, huddie, huddie_craw, huddy, huidie, huidie-craw, sea_craa, sea-craw, sea-crow, taatie-craa, tattie-craw, watter_craw, watter-craw,
craw [krɑː, krɔː, N. I. kraː]
n. A crow, usually the rook Corvus frugilegus but also the hooded crow Corvus cornix. The act of crowing. A shout, cry, as of children at play.
pl. craws
v. To crow, shout, cry. To perch on the eaves of a corn-stack like a crow and pass up the sheaves from the forker to the builder.
pt. crawed, craw't, crew [kruː]
pp. crawn, crewn [ˈkruːn]
n. A crow, usually the rook Corvus frugilegus but also the hooded crow Corvus cornix. The act of crowing. A shout, cry, as of children at play.
pl. craws
v. To crow, shout, cry. To perch on the eaves of a corn-stack like a crow and pass up the sheaves from the forker to the builder.
pt. crawed, craw't, crew [kruː]
pp. crawn, crewn [ˈkruːn]
Compounds and phrases etc.
Ainster craw: An Anstruther nickname for the herring gull Larus argentatus.
black-nebbit craw: S. The carrion crow Corvus corone.
craw-creuk: N. I. A device for twisting straw into ropes.
crawheid: I. The chimney head.
craw road: The shortest route as the crow flies.
crawstaps [-staps]: Steps on house gable.
craw-tae: A plant with leaves the shape of crow's toes such as the common buttercup Ranunculus acris or creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens. SW. The wild hyacinth Hyacinthoides non-scripta.
craw-taes: Crow's feet, wrinkles at the corner of the eye, a caltrop.
craw's fit: SW. The wild hyacinth Hyacinthoides non-scripta.
corn craw: The rook Corvus frugilegus.
crouse in the craw: Brisk and confident in conversation.
gray craw: SW. The hooded crow Corvus cornix.
haver craw: The carrion crow Corvus corone.
heidicraw: I.Sh. Somersault.
huidit craw: The hooded crow Corvus cornix.
huidie-craw: The hooded crow Corvus cornix. dim. huidie sometimes the carrion crow Corvus corone.
reid-leggit craw [rid-, rɪd-]: The chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax.
sea-craw: I. The razorbill Alca torda.
tattie-craw: I. A children's toy consisting of a potato with seagull feather stuck into it so when thrown in to the air spin around making a whirring noise.
shuit a craw: To abscond without paying one's debts, to order drinks without paying for them.
shuit the craw: Make quick exit.
watter craw: SW. The coot Fulica atra or NEC. moorhen Gallinula chloropus. The dipper Cinclus cinclus.
wid craw: NN.b. The rook Corvus frugilegus.
windy craw: A child's toy made with a potato and crows's feathers that can be propelled along the ground by the wind.
black-nebbit craw: S. The carrion crow Corvus corone.
craw-creuk: N. I. A device for twisting straw into ropes.
crawheid: I. The chimney head.
craw road: The shortest route as the crow flies.
crawstaps [-staps]: Steps on house gable.
craw-tae: A plant with leaves the shape of crow's toes such as the common buttercup Ranunculus acris or creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens. SW. The wild hyacinth Hyacinthoides non-scripta.
craw-taes: Crow's feet, wrinkles at the corner of the eye, a caltrop.
craw's fit: SW. The wild hyacinth Hyacinthoides non-scripta.
corn craw: The rook Corvus frugilegus.
crouse in the craw: Brisk and confident in conversation.
gray craw: SW. The hooded crow Corvus cornix.
haver craw: The carrion crow Corvus corone.
heidicraw: I.Sh. Somersault.
huidit craw: The hooded crow Corvus cornix.
huidie-craw: The hooded crow Corvus cornix. dim. huidie sometimes the carrion crow Corvus corone.
reid-leggit craw [rid-, rɪd-]: The chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax.
sea-craw: I. The razorbill Alca torda.
tattie-craw: I. A children's toy consisting of a potato with seagull feather stuck into it so when thrown in to the air spin around making a whirring noise.
shuit a craw: To abscond without paying one's debts, to order drinks without paying for them.
shuit the craw: Make quick exit.
watter craw: SW. The coot Fulica atra or NEC. moorhen Gallinula chloropus. The dipper Cinclus cinclus.
wid craw: NN.b. The rook Corvus frugilegus.
windy craw: A child's toy made with a potato and crows's feathers that can be propelled along the ground by the wind.
Craaford, Craafuird, Craafurd, Crawfuird, Crawfurd,
Crawfuird [ˈkrɑːfərd, krɔː-, N. I. kraː-]
pn. Crawford (South Lanarkshire).
pn. Crawford (South Lanarkshire).
craal, craalin, crahl, craul, crawl, crawled, crawlin, crawlt,
crawl [krɑːl, krɔːl, N. I. kraːl]
v. To crawl.
pt. crawlt, crawled
v. To crawl.
pt. crawlt, crawled
Compounds and phrases etc.
crawlin: Crawling.
See crowl also.
Craatree, Crawtree,
Crawtree [ˈkrɑːtri, ˈkrɔː-, S. ˈkrɑːtrəi, N. ˈkraː-]
pn. Crawtree (County Down).
pn. Crawtree (County Down).
craise, craised, craist, craize, craized, crase, crased, craze, crazed,
craze [kreːz]
n. A degree of wrong-headedness, craziness.
v. Of limbs: to render infirm through injury or age. To make a creaking noise.
pt. pp. crazed [kreːzd, -t]
n. A degree of wrong-headedness, craziness.
v. Of limbs: to render infirm through injury or age. To make a creaking noise.
pt. pp. crazed [kreːzd, -t]
craich, craigh, creach, creach, creagh,
creach [krex]
n. Gael. A Highland foray, a plundering raid.
n. Gael. A Highland foray, a plundering raid.
craek, craekin, craic, craicin, craik, craikin, crake, crakin, creak, creakin, creek, creik, creik, creikin, creyk, creykin,
creak [krik, krek]
v. To creak.
v. To creak.
Compounds and phrases etc.
creakin: Creaking.
craese, crease, creasin, creast, creest, creise, cress,
crease [kris, kres]
n. A crease, fold etc.
v. To crease, fold etc.
pt. pp. creast
n. A crease, fold etc.
v. To crease, fold etc.
pt. pp. creast
Compounds and phrases etc.
creasin: Creasing.
creash, creashie, creashin, creashy, creesch, creeschin, creesh, creeshie, creeshin, creeshy, creesy, creish, creishie, creishin, creishy, creysh, creyshin, criesh, crieshin, crishie, crishy, crushie, crushy, graise, graisin, grea, gree, gree, greein, greeze, greezin, kreish, kreishin,
creash [kriʃ, kreʃ, krɛʃ, krɪʃ, krəiʃ]
also I.Sh. grea [griː]
n. Grease, fat.
v. To grease, oil, lubricate. To beat soundly, thrash.
also I.Sh. grea [griː]
n. Grease, fat.
v. To grease, oil, lubricate. To beat soundly, thrash.
creashie [ˈkriʃɪ, ˈkreʃɪ, ˈkrɛʃɪ, ˈkrɪʃɪ, ˈkrəiʃɪ]
adj. Fat, greasy, dirty.
adj. Fat, greasy, dirty.
Compounds and phrases etc.
creashin: Greasing, lubricating. A thrashing.