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GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 489crop, a <strong>to</strong>p ; O. E. crop, <strong>to</strong>p <strong>of</strong> atree or plant.Crosbowes, sb. pi. crossbows ; butput for crossbowmen, archers, 15h. 16.C?rouke}>, pr. pi.bend, bend down,1. 751. E. crook, W. crivg.Crounis, sp. pi. crowns ; clyppitcrounis = shaven heads, 22. 4568.Crowdj V. <strong>to</strong> coo as a dove, 13.299. From <strong>the</strong> sound croo.Cro%vdis, /)r. s. coos, 13. 237.Crov/nell, sb. corolla, small crown,13- I'.-CruclieK /"*• pi- crouch, i. 751.A mere variation <strong>of</strong> CroukeKq. V.Cummerit, pt. s. F. encumbered,6. 229. See Combren.Curace, sb. F, cuirass, 19 a. 6^6.F. cuirasse, <strong>from</strong> ctdr, lea<strong>the</strong>r,Lat. corimn.Curall, adj. coral, 4. 153.Curious, adj. dainty, i. 765.Currours, sb. pi. F. runners, lightarmedtroops, 156. 93.Ctirry, pr. pi. rub down, stroke, l.365. F. corro_yer, <strong>to</strong> curry ; O. F.conroi, preparation, <strong>from</strong> O. F.rot, order ; <strong>from</strong> O. H. G. reifi,ready, cognate with A. S. rdd,E. ready.Curteis, adj. F. courteous, 10. 153.Lat. cohors.Cusyng, sb. F. cousin; here put fornephew, 6. 445.Gutted, />/>. cut short, i. 434. Cf.cutty sark ' in Burns's Tam o''Shanter. W. cwta, short, bobtailed.Outworks, sb. pi. intricately cutpatterns, in lace and o<strong>the</strong>r materials,26. 777.Cylenius, a name <strong>of</strong> Mercury,13- 5-Damme, v. F. condemn, 16. 2 <strong>to</strong>.Dang, pt. s. threw, 22. 4600; pt.pi. Dange, beat, hit hard, 6. 411.Sc. di7tg, <strong>to</strong> drive, Sw. d'dnga, <strong>to</strong>thump, Dan. dcenge, <strong>to</strong> bang.Darklyng, adv. in <strong>the</strong> dark, 23.iii. 3. 58. Cf. 'we were leftdarkling;' King Lear, i, 4. 237.Darnel, sb. a weed growing amongstcorn, 21. 327.Daungere, sb. failure, 2. 60.-;. O. F.dangler, which has many meanings,<strong>the</strong> first being feudal authority; Low Lat. damnum, a fine.Dauntyng, pres. part, taming, 18.xvii. 176. O. F. danter, Lat.domitare, <strong>from</strong> domare, <strong>to</strong> tame.Dawes, &b. pi. daws, jackdaws, 14.312, 23. iii. 3. 36. A jackdawwas considered a foolish, chatteringbird. See Nares' Glossary.Dawing, sb. S. dawning, dawn,II 6. I. A. S. dcEgian, <strong>to</strong> dawn.Day, sb. 26. 1094. To give day is<strong>to</strong> fix a future time <strong>of</strong> payment,<strong>to</strong> give trust.Days, s6.^/. does, 13. 181. A.S.dd.De, V. <strong>to</strong> die, 7. 36; 22. 4713. Dan.dos.Debate, sb. F. strife, 12. 13; discord,24. 58; <strong>to</strong> set debate = <strong>to</strong>cause discord, 26. 1033. F. battre,A. S. bedfan, <strong>to</strong> beat.Debonayr, adj. F. well-mannered,6. 294. F. de bon air, <strong>of</strong> a goodmien.Deburs, v. F. disburse, pay, 10 c.60.Dede, pt.pl. died, 36. 1181. SeeDe.Dede, sb. death, 6. 226. Dan.dbd.Dedeyne, pr. s. subj. F. deign, 4.168. Lat. dignus, worthy.Defade, v. <strong>to</strong> cause <strong>to</strong> fade, 4.170.Defaste, />/>. F. defaced, 22. 2.Defautis, sb. pi. F. faults, sins, 5 a.86. L^t. fallere.Defundand, pres. part, pouringdown, 13. 41. Lat. defundere.Degoutit', pp. spotted (alluding <strong>to</strong><strong>the</strong> ermine-tails), 4. 161. Lat.gutta, a drop.

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