单词 | croot |
释义 | † crootn.1 Obsolete. rare. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1614 T. Freeman Rubbe & Great Cast xliv. C iv Caspia, the decrepit old rich Croot [rhyme boot]. 1808–25 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Croot, a puny feeble child; the smallest pig in a litter, etc. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Crut, a dwarf, or anything curbed in its growth. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Crut..in some parts means a dwarf. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † crootn.2 Mining. Obsolete. ‘A substance found about the ore in the lead mines at Mendip, being a mealy, white, soft stone, matted with ore’ (Chambers Cycl. Suppl.). ΚΠ 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 770 There is Sparr and Caulk about the Ore; and another substance, which they call the Crootes which is a mealy white stone, marted with Ore and soft. 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 770 It terminates in a dead Earth Clayie, without Croot or Sparr. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 67. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11614n.21668 |
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