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An osier basket, such as anglers use. Sir W. Scott.

A low stool. [Scot.]

ting the rank of the weare; hence, also, the helmet. Stooping low his lofty crest. Sir W. Scott. And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight. Gower.

separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Tennyson.

icularly of a leg or foot; to lame. He had crippled the joints of the noble child. Sir W. Scott.

One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.

Croftland. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised. [Scot.] Jamieson.

To coo. [Scot.]

A pothook. "As black as the crook." Sir W. Scott.

To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain. [Scot.] Jamieson.

, is very old. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray. Sir W. Scott. Tis where the cross is preached. Cowper.

hen a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surfase of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface.

rs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other. "Tent and cross- stitch." Sir W. Scott. -- Cross"-stitch`, v. t. & i.

A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing. [Scot.]

to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. Sir W. Scott.

Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent. [Scot.] Burns.

s and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign. Prescott.

A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water; food of the porridge kind. [Scot.]

A coroner. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]