croon.

Brit.

/kruː/, U.S.

/kru/, Scottish English

/kru/, Irish English

/kruː/

Forms: Also 1600s crue.

Etymology: < Gaelic cró sheepcot, wattled fold, hut, hovel, cottage, Old Irish cró sty, pen, cote, hovel: compare crew n.², also Icelandic kró small pen, fold for lambs, which may be from Celtic, and is the source of the Shetland form.

Scottish (and Irish English).

1. A hovel, hut, or cabin.

ΚΠ

1570 Tressoun of Dumbartane in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 172 The Inglis men raid neir For all your craking, caigit within ane Cro [rhyme to].

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Croo, a poor, filthy cabin.

attributive.1819 Lady Keith's Lament in J. Hogg Jacobite Relics Scotl. I. 45 I may sit in my wee croo house.

2. A sty.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Croo, a hovel.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Pig~croo, a pig-sty.

3. A fold, a pen for sheep. Shetland.

ΚΠ

1795 Sir J. Sinclair View Agric. North C. Scotl. App. 29 The proprietors..gather their sheep in folds or what are termed here punds and crues.

1856 E. Edmondston Sketches & Tales Shetland Islands xiv. 173 Driven to small ponds (or croos) for the purpose of being counted, marked [etc.].

1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 22 Crû, a small enclosure.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† croov.

/kruː/

Etymology: Echoic: compare coo v., crood v.

Obsolete.

= crood v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of dove)

mourna1522

crookle1574

crook1586

whorr1598

croo1611

coo1672

cruckle1691

roocoocoo1922

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Roucoler, to croo like a Doue or Queest. Roucoulement, the crooing of Doues.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Croo or Crookel, to make a Noise like a Dove, or Pigeon.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	croo
释义	croon. Brit. /kruː/, U.S. /kru/, Scottish English /kru/, Irish English /kruː/ Forms: Also 1600s crue. Etymology: < Gaelic cró sheepcot, wattled fold, hut, hovel, cottage, Old Irish cró sty, pen, cote, hovel: compare crew n.², also Icelandic kró small pen, fold for lambs, which may be from Celtic, and is the source of the Shetland form. Scottish (and Irish English). 1. A hovel, hut, or cabin. ΚΠ 1570 Tressoun of Dumbartane in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 172 The Inglis men raid neir For all your craking, caigit within ane Cro [rhyme to]. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Croo, a poor, filthy cabin. attributive.1819 Lady Keith's Lament in J. Hogg Jacobite Relics Scotl. I. 45 I may sit in my wee croo house. 2. A sty. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Croo, a hovel. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Pig~croo, a pig-sty. 3. A fold, a pen for sheep. Shetland. ΚΠ 1795 Sir J. Sinclair View Agric. North C. Scotl. App. 29 The proprietors..gather their sheep in folds or what are termed here punds and crues. 1856 E. Edmondston Sketches & Tales Shetland Islands xiv. 173 Driven to small ponds (or croos) for the purpose of being counted, marked [etc.]. 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 22 Crû, a small enclosure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † croov. /kruː/ Etymology: Echoic: compare coo v., crood v. Obsolete. = crood v. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of dove) mourna1522 crookle1574 crook1586 whorr1598 croo1611 coo1672 cruckle1691 roocoocoo1922 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Roucoler, to croo like a Doue or Queest. Roucoulement, the crooing of Doues. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Croo or Crookel, to make a Noise like a Dove, or Pigeon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1570v.1611
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