Crut

The rough part of the bark of an oak, or other tree. Crutch, ( kruch ,) n. [A. S. cricc, cryc; Ger. krücke ; It. croccia, from Lat. cruz , a cro . See CROSS.] A staff, with a cro -piece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame in walking. -Something resembling a crutch; a support. ( Naut .) A knee, or piece of knee-timber, placed inside a ve el, to secure the heels of the cant-timbers abaft. -v. a. To support on crutches; to prop, or sustain, with miserable helps, that which is feeble. "Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse." - Shaks. Crutched, ( krūtcht,) p. a. Supported with crutches; as, a crutched veteran. - Marked with the sign of the cro ; as, crutched friars.