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croodie, croudie, croudie-time, croudy, crowdie, crowdie-mowdie, crowdie-time, crowdy, crowdy-mowdy, crowdy-time, crowdy-time,
crowdie [ˈkrʌudi, ˈkrudi]
n. A mixture of oatmeal and cold water or milk etc. eaten raw. A mixed food of many ingredients. Sour cream or buttermilk. A kind of soft cheese.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
crowdie-mowdie: Oatmeal and water mixed and eaten raw.
crowdie-time: Meal time.
ream crowdie: A desert of soft fruit, whipped cream, toasted oatmeal etc.
cral, cral$, creull, crile, croul, crowl, crowlie,
crowl [krʌul]
n. A term of contempt for a dwarf or small person, a child, the weakest pig in a litter.
adj. Undersized.
v. To crawl. To stunt the growth of anything.
croupert, crowpert, kraupert,
crowpert [ˈlrʌupərt]
n. MN. The crowberry Empetrum nigrum or cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
croy,
croy [krɔi]
n. A tiny crustation that herring eat.
creuben, crooban, croobin, croobin, croobuggie, crouban, cruaban, cruban, crubbin, cruben, crubin,
cruban [ˈkrubən, ˈkruban, U. ˈkrubɪn]
n. An (edible) crab, usually Cancer pagurus, sometimes the lobster Homarus gammarus or sea urchin.
crood, crood-brakker, croodie, croods, croody, croud, croudie, croudy, crud, crud-brakker, crudd, cruddel, cruddie, cruddle, cruddles, cruddles, cruddy, crudel, crudle, cruds, curd, curdie, curdies, curdy, krud, krudie, Krudy,
crud [krʌd, MN. krud]
n. Curd. Frog spawn.
pl. cruds Curds.
 
cruddy [krʌdi, MN. krudi]
adj. Curdled.
 
cruddle [ˈkrʌdl, MN. ˈkrudl]
v. To make milk into curd, to curdle, coagulate.
n. pl.cruddles Frog spawn.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
crud-brakker: A curd breaker.
crooels, crouels, cruel, the_cruels,
cruel [kruəl]
adj. Cruel.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
the cruels: Scrofula, the king's evil.
crowat, cruet,
cruet [kruət]
n. A carafe, a decanter, whisky jug.
Crivie, Crivvie, Crovie, Crui$, Cruivie,
Crui' [ˈkrɪ]
pn. Crovie (Aberdeenshire).
cod-croon, cod-cruin, crain, crainer, creen, creener, creenie, creun, crinner, crointer, cronand, crooined, croolter, croon, croon$d, croonach, croonack, crooned, crooner, croonick, croonick, croonle, croonock, croonyal, croonyi, croonyil, croonyill, crowner, cruin, cruin$t, cruiner, cruinie, cruinit, cruinle, cruinock, cruint, crun, cruner, cruner, crunial, crunick, crunner, grounock, kreen, kreener, kron, krön, kronnin, kroolter, krooner, kruin, kruner, krunter,
cruin [kryn, MN. krin, krun]
n. A long-drawn-out sound, as the bellow of a bull or the boom of a bell. A wail or lament, a mournful song. A low murmuring tune, a song.
v. To utter a deep, long-drawn-out sound, as the bellow of a bull, the lowing of a cow or the boom of a bell. To utter a lament, to mourn, to sing in a wailing voice, to whimper or whine. To sing or mutter in an undertone, to hum.
pt. pp. cruinit, cruint [ˈkryn(ɪ)t etc.]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cod-cruin: A curtain lecture.
cruiner, MN. cruinock, cruinie, cruinle [MN. ˈkrinl, ˈkrun(jə)l]: The grey gurnard Eutrigla gurnardus.

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