Part 2616

<h1>Crouke</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crouke</hw> <tt>(krouk)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A crock; a jar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chauser.</i>

<h1>Croup</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Croup</hw> <tt>(kr??p)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>croupe</ets> hind quarters, croup, rump, of German or Icel. origin; cf. Icel. <ets>kryppa</ets> hump; akin to Icel. <ets>kroppr</ets>. Cf. <er>Crop</er>.]</ety> <def>The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.</def>

<blockquote>So light to the <b>croup</b> the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Croup</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Croup</hw> <tt>(kr??p)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scot. <ets>croup</ets>, cf. <ets>croup</ets>, <ets>crowp</ets>, to croak, to cry or speak with a hoarse voice; cf. also LG. <ets>kropp</ets>, G. <ets>kropf</ets>, the crop or craw of a bird, and tumor on the anterior part of the neck, a wen, etc. Cf. <er>Crop</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called <altname>membranous croup</altname>). See <cref>False croup</cref>, under <er>False</er>, and <er>Diphtheria</er>.</def>

<h1>Croupade</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crou*pade"</hw> <tt>(kr??-p?d")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>croupe</ets> hind quarters.]</ety> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.</def>

<h1>Croupal</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Croup"al</hw> <tt>(kr??p"<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Croupy.</def>

<h1>Crouper</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Croup"er</hw> <tt>(kr??p"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Crupper</er>.</def>

<h1>Croupier</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crou"pi*er</hw> <tt>(kr<?/<?/"p<?/-<?/r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.; prop., one who sits on the croup, and hence, in the second place; an assistant. See 1st <er>Croup</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.</def>

<h1>Croupous</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Croup"ous</hw> <tt>(kr??p"?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrance like that found in membranous croup; <as>as, <ex>croupous</ex> laryngitis</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Croupous pneumonia</col>, <cd>pneumonia attended with deposition of fibrinous matter in the air vesicles of the lungs; ordinary acute pneumonia.</cd></cs>

<h1>Croupy</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Croup"y</hw> <tt>(kr??p"?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; <as>as, a <ex>croupy</ex> cough</as>.</def>

<h1>Crouse</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crouse</hw> <tt>(kr??s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Burns.</i>

<h1>Croustade</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crou`stade"</hw> <tt>(kr??`st?d")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>cro<?/te</ets> a crust, OF. <ets>crouste</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon.</def>

<i>Bishop.</i>