Part 2615

<hw>Cro"ton bug`</hw> <tt>(b?g`)</tt>. <ety>[From the <ets>Croton</ets> water of New York.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small, active, winged species of cockroach (<spn>Ectobia Germanica</spn>), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in cities, esp. in those with hot-water pipes.</def>

<h1>Crotonic</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Cro*ton"ic</hw> <tt>(kr?-t?n"?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus <spn>Croton</spn>, or from croton oil.</def>

<cs><col>Crotonic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a white crystalline organic acid, <chform>C3H5.CO2H</chform>, of the ethylene, or acrylic acid series. It was so named because formerly supposed to exist in croton oil. Also, any acid metameric with crotonic acid proper.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; The acid characteristic of croton oil is <i>tiglic</i> or <i>tiglinic acid</i>, a derivative of <i>crotonic acid</i>.</note>

<h1>Crotonine</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Cro"ton*ine</hw> <tt>(kr?"t?n-?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.</def>

<i>Watts.</i>

<h1>Crotonylene</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Cro*ton"y*lene</hw> <tt>(kr?-t?n"?-l?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Crotonic</ets> + acet-<ets>ylene</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, <chform>C4H6</chform>, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid.</def>

<h1>Crottles</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crot"tles</hw> <tt>(kr?t"t'lz)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Gael. <ets>crotal</ets>.]</ety> <def>A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Crouch</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crouch</hw> <tt>(krouch; 129)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crouched</er> <tt>(kroucht)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crouching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>cruchen</ets>, <ets>crouchen</ets>, <ets>crouken</ets>; cf. E. <ets>creep</ets>, G. <ets>krauchen</ets>, <ets>kriechen</ets>, or E. <ets>crook</ets> to bend, also <ets>crouch</ets> to cross.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.</def>

<blockquote>Now <b>crouch</b> like a cur. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.</def> "A <i>crouching</i> purpose."

<i>Wordsworth.</i>

<blockquote>Must I stand and <b>crouch</b> Under your testy humor? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crouch</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crouch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cruchen</ets>, <ets>crouchen</ets>, from <ets>cruche</ets>, <ets>crouche</ets>, cross. Cf. <er>Crosier</er>, <er>Crook</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To sign with the cross; to bless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.</def>

<blockquote>She folded her arms across her chest, And <b>crouched</b> her head upon her breast. <i>Colerige.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crouched</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crouched</hw> <tt>(kroucht)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Marked with the sign of the cross.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>Crouched friar</col>. <cd>See <cref>Crutched friar</cref>, under <er>Crutched</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Croud</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Croud</hw> <tt>(kroud)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See <er>Crowd</er>, a violin.</def>