croc (krok)

[OF., a hook: see crook.] In old armament: (a) The hooked rest from which the harquebuse or musket was fired. ( b ) A mace of simple form. (c) A cutting weapon with a hook-shaped blade, or with a hook attached to the blade, as in some forms of halberd or partizan which had a sharp hook at the back. crocet, n. A Middle English form of cro 1, cro 2. croceous (krō'shius), a. [L. croceus, adj.,