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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.

en 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.

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

A forked support; a crotch. The crotchets of their cot in columns rise. Dryden.

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.

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.]

A coronet. [Poetic] Sir W. Scott.

A kind of cotton sheeting; also, a calico.

A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel. [Scot.]

Arbuthnot. The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces. Prescott.

Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Hallivell.

come completely; to subdue totally. Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. Sir. W. Scott. To crush a cup, to drink. [Obs.] -- To crush out. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.

low this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. Prescott.

stance; -- in allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.

y, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool. Sir. W. Scott.