† croteyn.
Obsolete.
In plural = crottels n.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [noun] > dung
sharnc825
thostc1000
dungOE
dirta1300
croteysa1425
lessesa1425
grotesc1450
pillc1450
fumishing1527
trattles1547
fiants1575
dunging1582
dropping1596
soil1607
soiling1610
stercoration1694
pellet1884
mire1922
pat1937
scat1950
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Bodl. 546) f. 70 Ȝif þe croteyes beþ grete and þikke.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxiii. 65 To iudge an olde harte by the fumishing, the which they make in brode croteys.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 93 1 A Hare or Conneys Crottoyes.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 222 The Croteys or Excrements of a Buck [Hare].
1807 Sportsman's Dict. at Bear [Bears] cast their lesses sometimes in round croteys.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† croteyv.
Obsolete.
transitive and intransitive. Of hares, rabbits, etc.: To evacuate their excrement.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [verb (intransitive)] > excrete
croteya1425
fumay1486
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Bodl. 546) f. 13v The hare..alwey..croteyeþ yn o manere.
a1425 Master of Game (Bodl. MS. 546 fo. 26 Þei [bucks] croteieþ hure fumes yn dyuerse maneres.
1486 Bk. St. Albans E iij a The hare..fymaes and crotis and Roungeth euermoore.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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