crommet

A Middle English form of crumb1, cromorna (krō-môr'nä), n. [Sometimes corrupted to cremona (see cremona2 ); Cromwellian (krom'wel-i-an), a. and n. [ ewe. er. See crony .] 1. A feeble and withered old woman: used depreciatively, and sometimes applied, with increased contempt, to a man. This olde sowdane e, this cursed crone , Hath with her frendes doon this cursed dede. Chaucer , Man of Law's Tale (ed. Skeat), 1. 432. A few old battered crones of office. Disraeli , Coningsby, ii. 1. Withered crones abound in the camps, where old men are seldom seen. R. F. Burton , El-Medinah, p. 322. 2. An old ewe. Fresh herrings plenty Michell brings, With fatted crones and such old things. Tu er, Farmer's Daily Diet.