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▪ I. † croose, v. Obs. Also 6 crowse. [? a. OF. croussir, crusir: see crush.] To crush.
1567Drant Horace Epist. ii. i. F viij, He that did crowse and culpon once Hydra of hellish spyte [Lat. diram qui contudit hydram]. 1611Cotgr., Esmarmeler, to crush, croose, or burst in peeces. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 130 They can't strike sail, or notch the wheels, and croose the springs, at work within them, in a trice. ▪ II. croose, -ly var. of crouse, -ly. |