Croat

( Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Croatia. Croatia, ( kro's he -ah,) a prov. of the Austro-Hungarian empire, forming with Slavonia a crown-land of the Hungarian kingdom, bounded N.W. by Carniola and Styria, N. by Hungary, S. by Servia, Bosnia, and Dalmatia, and W. by Dalmatia and the Adriatic. Total area 16,773 sq. m.; total pор. (1890) 2,200,977. Croatia, which is the western part of the crown-land, is intersected by the Julian Alps, and is barren in the S., but in the N. three IMG:content-0423.png:[blocks in formation] Croceous, ( kro's hus,) a. [Lat.] Resembling, or containing, saffron. Cro'ches, n . pl . [From Gael. croic, a stag's horn.] Small knobby protuberances on the horns of deer. Crochet, ( kro - shā ',) n. [Fr., dim. of croc , a hook; Icel. krokr , a hook; Dan. krog ; Armor. krok or krog . Literally, a small hook.] A species of knitting, performed by means of a small hook, called a crochet -needle; the materials operated upon being fancy worsted, Berlin wool, cotton, or silk. -v. a. hood. To practise crochet-work; as, to crochet a baby's