Part 2599

<h1>Croker</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cro"ker</hw> <tt>(kr?"k?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/ saffron.]</ety> <def>A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holinshed.</i>

<h1>Croma</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cro"ma</hw> <tt>(kr?"m?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A quaver.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cromlech</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Crom"lech</hw> <tt>(kr?m"l\'b5k)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W. <ets>cromlech</ets>; <ets>crom</ets> bending or bent, concave + <ets>llech</ets> a flat stone; akin to Ir. <ets>cromleac</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch<?/ol.)</fld> <def>A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countris inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.</def>

<h1>Cromorna</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cro*mor"na</hw> <tt>(kr?-m?r"n?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cromorne</ets> (cf. It. <ets>cromorno</ets>0, fr. G. <ets>krummhorn</ets> crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a trumpet; <ets>krumm</ets> crooked + <ets>horn</ets> horn.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe.</def> <altsp>[Corruptly written <asp>cromona</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Crone</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Crone</hw> <tt>(kr?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OD. <ets>kronie</ets>, <ets>karonie</ets>, an old sheep, OF. <ets>carogne</ets>, F. <ets>charogne</ets>, carrion (also F. <ets>carogne</ets> illnatured woman.). See <er>Carrion</er>, and <er>Crony</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An old ewe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Tusser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An old woman; -- usually in contempt.</def>

<blockquote>But still the <b>crone</b> was constant to her note. <i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The old <b>crone</b> [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A few old battered <b>crones</b> of office. <i>Beaconsfield.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cronel</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cro"nel</hw> <tt>(kr?"n?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Coronel</er> spearhead, <er>Crown</er>.]</ety> <def>The iron head of a tilting spear.</def>

<h1>Cronet</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cro"net</hw> <tt>(kr?"n?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Coronet</er>, <er>Crownet</er>.]</ety> <def>The coronet of a horse.</def>

<h1>Cronian</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cro"ni*an</hw> <tt>(kr?"n?-a]/>n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ Saturnian, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ Saturn.]</ety> <def>Saturnian; -- applied to the North Polar Sea.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Cronstedtite</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cron"stedt*ite</hw> <tt>(kr?n"st?t-?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist <i>Cronstedt</i>.</def>

<h1>Crony</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cro"ny</hw> <tt>(kr?"n?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cronies</plw> <tt>(-n<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Orig., an old woman. See <er>Crone</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A crone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Marry not an old <i>crony</i>."