1810.] 
German. ecrasir, elidere, frangere.” Ju- 
mas. 
Crazed, cracked. ‘I’ve craz’d the 
tea-pot ;” that is, “ I’ve cracked the tea- 
pot.” c. , 
Craunch, to. See Scranch. c. 
Creem, to, lo squeeze; and as it were 
tocramp, Exm. 
Creem, a sudden shivering, or “igor. D. 
Creem’d, having sucha rigor. bv. 
Creen, to, to comptuin, to pine, to be 
sickly. Dp. Dean Milles. Yo com- 
plain with little cause for compluint. c. 
Creeniug, complaining, yct having lit- 
tle. to complain of. Hence we say, “a 
creening woman will live for ever.” 
cD. 
Crewdling, is always used adjectively, 
or as a paruciple. The verb, if ever 
there were any, is lost. It means, sen- 
sible of, and giving way to, the impression 
of cold ; as if the blood were curdled, or 
erudled, ‘She is always erewdling and 
hanging over the fire.” ‘* Don’t be 20 
crewdling.” Dd. 
Crewnting, cruning, grunting, com- 
plaining. Exm. 
Crijarly! An exclamation. . 
Crimassy! id. vb. 
Crick, a crick in the neck; a wrest 
srany part of the body occasioning pain. 
Cricks, dry hedgewood. c. 
Cricket, a small three-legged: stool. c.p. 
Crickle, to, to bend, or give way sha- 
kingly under a weight. D. 
Crime of the country, the whole cry, or 
common report, of the nerghbourhood. v. 
Crisemore, poor creature; ora child 
unchristened. See Chrismer. N. D. 
«Tis enew to make a body’s heart ach, 
to see the poor cRISEMORE in his le¢e 
scrump short jacket that a bard that is 
ent fiish. A dared up in the morning by 
peep 0’ day to frounch in the mux arter 
th’ horses, squash, squash, stratted up to 
the huzxens in plid.” N.D. 
Crock, an iron pot, or boiler. c. 
[Sax. crocca.] A pottuge, or porridge- 
crock. D. ‘Lhe butter-crock, an earthen 
wessel or jar to pot butter in. D. The 
pancrock. pb.c. 
_ Crooks, long pieces of timber, sharp- 
ened alove, and bent in a particular men- 
ner, to support burdens on horses. They 
are, I believe, of aboriginal antiquity ; 
but are used at this day only in Devon- 
shire and in the highlands of Scotland. 
In the narrow lanes of Devon, they 
occasion great inconvenience to travel- 
Jers. But the number of crooks is di- 
minished smce the more frequent use of 
Alontury Mae. No, 199, 
Devonshire and Cornwall Vocabulary. 433 
wheel-carriages. See Hist. Views of 
Devon. p. 208. 
Croom, a little. ‘ Edgee a croom;’ 
that is, move a little. cc. 
Cropeing, stingy, penurious. Cc. 
Croust, tor crust, perhaps; as doust, 
for dust.  e. 
Crowd, a fiddle, [Wall. crwth, fidicula.] 
from xpovw, pulso, rv xi9ar2v xpovély,  ci- 
tharaim pulsare. Jun. ‘* Kpoume, sonus, qui 
editur cum organorum musicorum pul~ 
satione.”’ Casaul. . Hence Butler's Crows 
derowrc. D, 
Crowdy, to, tofiddle. &. 
Crowe, an iron lever. c. The word 
obtains also in the north of Evgland, 
Crab, (for crib) a crust of bread. A 
pair of crubs, the, wooden supporters of 
pemers, or bags ona horse. D. . 
Cruel, very; cruel-good; cruel-sicke 
c p. In Devon it is used as an amplifier 
in amore generalmanner. A Devonshire 
woman being told a surprising storys 
answered thus: “ Massy! méssy! crueé 
soce! Unaquontabel-i! What do e teil 
aw! I dont at al doubt 0’t.” In Hamp. 
shire, desperate is used in the same sense. 
Crumpling, a little knotty or wrinke 
led apple, sweet and crisp, and prema- 
turely ripe. C. - 
Cuckoe, the harebell; so called from 
its appearing about the time of the 
cuckoe-bird. Thus, by gosding, we meai 
the willow-blossom. c. 
Cuckold-buttons, the burrs on the 
plant burdock. c. D. 
Cuckold, the red gurnard. c. 
Cuff, to, to cuff a tale; to exchange 
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stories us if contending for the mastery. dD. 
‘Culvers, pigeons. Exm. 
Cunie, moss ; the green mantle of a poak 
or well, the moss covering a pool. c. 
Custis, a schoolmaster’s ferula. c. Ds 
Cuyn, money. ¢. : 
De 
D is often used for th; as dree for 
three, di-sel and dashel for thistle. 
Daverton for Thorverton. 
D is aiso added to some words; 4g 
gownd, swoond. 
Dab, an adept. 
phering.” ¢, D. 
Daiter, small crockery ware. Bring 
the tea-dapper;” that is, bring the tea- 
things, or cups, sancers, &c. «c. 
Daggle, to, torun Like « young child. p, 
. Darrous, bold. pv. . 
Daps, the exact likeness. {* The very 
daps of him;” that is, the picture of him, 
in his whole figure, features, and gestures. 
D. G, 
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