crag (2)

[Etym. doubtful.] A south-country word for a small beer ve el. "Then you'll have brewed if I don't fail A very pretty crag of ale," Horner: Fleas Burlesque, 1,722. ( Hall i well: Contrib, to Lexicog.) crăg (3), craig, *cragge, s. [Dut. kraag: Ger, kragen.] 1. The neck, the throat. "Bearen the cragge so stiffe and so state." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar, ix. 2. The small end of a neck of mutton; the scrag (q. v.). crăg (4), s . [Provinc. Eng. crag , a term used in Norfolk, Suffolk, and E ex, England, to designate ma es of shelly sand used to fertilize soils deficient in calcareous matter. ( Lyell .)] Geol.: Four series of geological beds, all of Pleiocene age; the uppermost, the Norwich Crag, being newer, and the Red Crag and White or Coralline Crag being old Pleiocene. Of the latter age is a series of beds called Antwerp Crag. crăg'-gěd, *craggid, *craggyd, a. [Eng. crag; -ed.] †1. Full of crags or steep, broken rocks; craggy. "On a huge hill, Cragged and steep, truth stands."-Crashaw. *2. Covered with knots or lumps; knotted. "As knave wyth this craggyd knad hym kylled." Coventry Myst . , p. 384. crăg'-gěd-ne , s. [Eng. cragged; -ne .] The quality or state of being cragged; craggine . "The craggedne or steepne of that mountain maketh many parts of it in a manner inacce ible." - Brere wood.