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crilge, croolge, croulge, cruldge, crulge, crulged, crulgie,
cruldge [krʌldʒ, kru-]
v. To cower, to crouch, to bow down, to cramp, to slink away.
crile, croul, crowl, crull,
crull [krʌl, krʌul, krul]
v. To huddle, cower.
camag, cammock, cammock, crammock, crom, cromack, cromak, cromm, crommat, crommit, crommock, crum, crum$t, crumm, crumm$t, crummack, crummet, crummie, crummie$s_nicks, crummit, crummoch, crummock, crummy, crumt, krom, kromack,
crum [krʌm]
also crom [krɔm]
n. MN. A twist, entanglement.
adj. MN. Crooked.
v. MN. To double, bend.
pt. pp. crummit, crumt adj. Having crooked horns.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cammock: The game of shinty, the shinty stick.
crummock [ˈkrʌmək], crommock [ˈkrɔm-] A stick with a crooked head, a shepherd's crook. A cow with crooked horns. dim. crummie
crummie [ˈkrʌmɪ], crommie [ˈkrɔmɪ]: A cow with crooked horns.
crummie's nicks: Marks on a cows horn indicating age.
crimch, crimch, crimchie, crimchie, crimchikie, crimchy, crimchy, crimmle, crimsh, crimsh, crimshie, crimshie, crimshy, crimshy, crum, crum$le, crumachie, crumb, crumbs, crumch, crumch, crumch, crumchick, crumchickie, crumchie, crumchie, crumchy, crumchy, crum-knife, crumm, crummelt, crummie, crumming-knife, crummin-knife, crumml, crummle, crummled, crummlet, crummochie, crumms, crums, crumsh, crumsh, crumshach, crumshick, crumshie, crumshie, crumshock, crumshy, crumshy, krimch, krimchie,
crum [krʌm, krɪm]
n. A crumb. A small particle of anything.
pl. crums
dim. crummie, crummle A bread-crumb, a small piece of anything.
adj. Crumbly.
 
crummle [ˈkrʌml]
n. A bread-crumb, a small piece of anything.
v. To crumble.
pt. pp. crummelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
crumachie: MN. Crumbly.
crum-knife: A knife used by coopers for roughly trimming the edges of the groove at the ends of barrel staves.
crummlin: Crumbling.
crumsh [krʌmʃ, krɪmʃ]: MN. A small piece. dim. crumshie A very small piece.
crumshock, crumshach: MN. A very small piece, a morsel. Very small
Crummie,
Crummie [ˈkrʌme]
pn. Crombie (Fife).
crummock,
crummock [ˈkrʌmək]
n. The plant skirret Sium sisarum.
crimp, crimpet, crimple, crump, crumpelt, crumpet, crumple, scrump, scrumpelt, scrumple,
crump [krʌmp]
also with prothetic s scrump
adj. arch. Bent, crooked.
 
crumple, scrumple
v. To crush something so that it becomes creased and wrinkled.
pt. pp. crumpelt, scrumpelt
 
crumpet [ˈkrʌmpət, MN. ˈkrɪmpət]
n. A crumpet. A large thin drop scone.
crim, crump, crumpie, crumpshach, crumpshie, crumpshy, crumpy, crumshach, crumshie, crumshy, krump, krumpie, krumpy, scrump, skrump,
crump [krʌmp]
also with prothetic s scrump
adj. Also crumpy Of dry bread: crisp, brittle. To crackle, as ice or snow when trodden on.
v. To crunch, munch.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
crumpshy [ˈkrʌmʃi] MN. Brittle, crusty, crabbed.
crumpshach [ˈkrʌmʃəx]: MN. Brittle, crisp. Crusty, crabbed.
crunch, crunsh, scrunch, skrunsh,
crunch [krʌnʃ]
also with prothetic s scrunch
v. To crunch, to break with the teeth.
 
See crinch also.
crounkled, crunkelt, crunkle, crunkled, grunkelt, grunkle, krunkelt, krunkil, krunkle, krunkled,
crunkle [ˈkrʌnkl]
n. The crackle of rumpling paper.
v. To crinkle, wrinkle, crackle, to make a rustling or crackling sound.
pt. pp. crunkelt adj. Crinkled, wrinkled, crackled.

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