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[ crotcheted (krocheted), a . [ erot crotcheteer (kroch-et-er'), n. [ crotchet + -eer.] A crotchety person; one devoted to some favorite theory, crotchet, or hobby. Nobody of the slightest pretensions to influence is safe from the solicitous canva ing and silent pre ure of social crotcheteers. Fortnightly Rev. Till Adam Smith laid the foundations of modern eco nomics, the fiscal policy of the Government was a game of perpetual see-saw between rival cro { t } cheteers . Westminster Rev., CXXVI. 156. crotchetine (kroch'et-i-nes), n. The state or quality of being crotchety; the character of a crotcheteer. IMG:content-1691.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1692.jpg:[blocks in formation] was of a greenish tint. Solon, The Old Eng. Potter, p. 154.-2. A name given to the salt glazed stoneware made at Burslem in Staff ords hire from a very early time, this being the earliest ware of that description made in England. croud1t, n. An obsolete form of crowd2. Spenser . croud2t, n. [Also written croude , crowde , crote , crypt a , a crypt: see crypt , and cf. crode (a var. of croud ), and grot , grotto .] The crypt of a church. crotonylen (krō-ton'i-len), n. [ κρότων , a tick, + φαγείν, eat.] The typical and only genus of birds of the subfamily Crotophaginæ . The lead- ing species are C. ani and C. sulcirostris , both of which occur in the United States and the warmer parts of Amer- ica generally. See ani . Crotophaginæ (krō-tof-a-ji'nē), n . pl . [NL., . A local English (War- peculiar to America; the anis or keel-billed crouket, n. [ME.: see crock1 , etym. (3).] An ida , wicks hire) name of the crucian-carp. Croton (kroton), n. [NL., κροτών οι κρό των , a tick, also the shrub bearing the castor berry, which was thought to resemble a tick.] 1. A genus of cuphorbiaceous plants, comprising about 500 species, natives of warm and especially of tropical regions, many of which po e important medicinal properties. Croton Tiglium , a native of several parts of the East Indies, po e es Flowering Branch of Croton Tiglium. a , section of staminate flower; b, section of pistillate flower. most active and dangerous purgative properties; every part-wood, leaves, and fruit - seems to participate equally in the energy. Croton-oil is extracted from the seeds of this species, which are of about the size and shape of field-beans. C. Eleuteria, of the Bahamas, yields cascarilla bark. (See cascarilla.) C. niveus yields a similar aromatic bitter bark, known as copalche bark. Some other species are used on account of their aromatic and balsamic properties, or for their resinous products. 2. [ l . c.] A foliage-plant of the genus Codiœum : so named by florists. - Croton-chloral hydrate (so named because formerly believed to be related to crotonic acid), more properly called butyl - chloral hydrate . It forms crystalline scales having a pungent odor, little soluble in cold water, easily soluble in alcohol and glycerin.. It is somewhat used in medicine for cephalic neuralgia. croton ate (krō'ton-at), n. [ croton (ic) + -atel .] In chem ., a salt formed by the union of crotonic acid with a base. croton-bug (krō'ton-bug), n. [ Croton (in reference to the Croton aqueduct, from the Croton river in West chester county, New York, to the city of New York; perhaps because they became abundant in New York about the time that Croton water was introduced (1842), or because they were supposed to have come through the water-pipes) + bug2.] A common name in the United States for Blatta ( Ectobia ) germanic a , a roach, originally imported from Europe. It is much smaller and of a lighter color than Per i planet a orien tolis , the black-beetle of England. (See cut under Blattidæ .) crotone (krō - tōnē), n. [NL., 1. A fungous excrescence natural size. on trees, caused by an in- Croton-bug ( Blatta ger sect. Hence-2. In pathol . , a small fungous excrescence on the periosteum. crotonic (kro-ton'ik), a. [ croton + -ic.] Pertaining to or derived from plants of the genus Croton.- Crotonic acid, C4H6O2, an acid discovered by Pelletier and Caventou in the seeds of the plant Croton Tiglium , and obtainable from croton-oil. It has a pungent and nauseous smell and a burning taste, and is very poisonous. Its salts are termed croton ates . croton in, crotonine (kro'ton-in), n. [ Croton Tiglium . croton-oil (krō'ton-oil'), n. A vegetable oil expre ed from the seeds of the Croton Tiglium. See Croton. It is a valuable article of the materia medic a, and is so strongly purgative that one drop is a dose. When applied externally it causes irritation and suppuration. It is of great service in cases where other purgatives fail. cuckoos. They have a long tail of only eight graduated feathers, and an extremely compre ed bill. The upper mandible rises into a high, sharp crest or keel with very convex profile, its sides being usually sulcate, and its tip is deflected. The plumage is of a uniform lustrous black. The feathers of the head and neck are lengthened and lanceolate, with distinct scale-like margins; the face is naked. There is but one genus, Crotophaga . See ani . crottles1 (krot'lz), n . pl . [ crotel ; dim. of crote, q. v.] 1. Crumbs. [Prov. Eng.] -2. Dung; excrement, as of the sheep, goat, or hare. crottles2 (krot'lz), n . pl . [ Gael.crotal , also cro- tan , a general name for lichens, especially those used for dyeing.] A name given in Scotland and in some parts of England to various spe- cies of lichens used in dyeing, distinguished as black , brown , white , etc., crottles . Under this name are included Parmelia physodes , P. caper at a , P. saxatilis , Sticta pulmonaria , and Lecanora pallescens . crouch1 (krouch), v. [Also dial. crooch ; crucchen (for * crüchen ?), una ibilated crouken, crouch, bend; a var. of croken , crook, bend, the unusual change of vowel ( ō to uou ) being due perhaps to the influence of crouchen, cro (see crouch2), or of crucche , crutch (see crutch1). Cf. crutch2.] I. in trans. 1. To bend; stoop low; lie or stoop close to the ground, as an animal in preparing to spring or from fear: as, a dog crouches to his master; a lion crouches in the thicket. You know the voice, and now crouch like a cur Ta'en worrying sheep. There crouch, Fletcher (and another ), Love's Cure. Lit by the sole lamp suffered for their sake, Two awe-struck figures.