crotaln.1
/ˈkrəʊtəl/ 1. = crotalum n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > castanets
snapper1605
castanet1647
knocker1648
crotaloa1682
knacker1691
crotalum1728
snip-snap1736
jawbone1844
crotal1850
clave1928
crotale1938
1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §388 (note) A female Bacchante clattering with crotals.
2. Irish History. Applied to a small globular or pear-shaped bell or rattle, the nature and use of which are obscure: see quots. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > small bell
bellc1175
cocklebell1378
crier1467
tantony1567
jingle1615
campanel1653
ting-tang1681
tinkler1767
crotal1790
grelot1854
pellet bell1907
1156 John of Salisbury Polycrat. viii. xii Crotala quoque dicuntur sonoræ sphærulæ, quæ, quibusdam granis interpositis, pro quantitate sui et specie metalli, varios sonos edunt.]
1790 E. Ledwich Antiq. Ireland 243 The Chrotal seems not to have been a Bardic Instrument; but the Bell-Cymbal used by the Clergy, and denominated a Crotalum by the Latins.
1847 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1845–7 3 135 A communication..to shew that the article called a crotal..had properly but one disc, and not two, as represented in Ledwich's Antiquities.
1872 H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon 378 I would..confine the term Crotal to those pear-shaped and globular productions, the exact use of which is evidently very doubtful.
1872 H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon 379 Those round crotal bells in figure resemble an apple, and this instrument was evidently intended to make a rattling noise when shaken.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
crotalcrottlen.2
/ˈkrɒtəl/ /ˈkrɒt(ə)l/ A name given in Scotland to various species of lichen used in dyeing: cf. cudbear n. attributive or adj., of the colour of lichen, golden-brown.
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the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > of unspecified or various types
white moss?a1425
rock hair1724
crotal1777
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > lichens or fungi used in dyeing > [noun] > crottle
crotal1777
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > yellowish brown
yellow-dun1593
honey-coloured1603
cinnamon-coloured1679
cinnamon1685
lurid1767
rhubarb1792
tombac-brown1794
sherry-bay1856
khaki1863
khaki coloured1879
golden oak1883
rhubarby1885
crotal1901
brown-gold1909
Sahara1923
safari1934
1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 818 [Lichen omphalodes] Dark purple Dyer's Lichen. Cork or Arcell. Anglis. Crotal. Gaulis. Cen-cerig. Cen dû. Cambris.
1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 113 It [cudbear] was known as a dye-stuff in the Highlands by the name of cookes or crottel some hundred years ago.
1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 116 The dyes she herself prepares, by simply boiling in water..various species of crotal or lichens.
1881 J. A. Sidey in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 3rd Ser. 399 When ither dykes Wi' crottle are grown grey.
1901 N. Munro Doom Castle iii. 23 Now the tartan's in the dye-pot, and you'll see about here but crotal-colour—the old stuff stained with lichen from the rock.
1904 S. Gwynn Fishing Holidays Pref. For salmon I have done best with a sort of fiery brown or ‘crotal’ colour.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 15 Sept. 7/2 The brown crotal tint of the seaweed.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 26 Dec. 2/3 When Autumn wears her crotal gown.
1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. xii. 165 He showed me some of the stockings and tweeds—one very fine, thick tweed (two blue, two white and the crotal).
1968 Guardian 30 Mar. 10/4 The lichen which makes the rich, rust-coloured dye they call crotal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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