† crotisingcrotizingn.
Obsolete.
Collective noun in same sense as crotey n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > excrement of
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1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest iv. f. 27v Of a Hare, [the ordure is called] crottels or cratising.
1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation i. 4 The Excrement of a Hart..is called Fewmets,..of a Hare, the Crotizing, or Crotels.
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 190 The infection of the grass by the urin and crotizing of the Conies.
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