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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Croud \Croud\ (kroud), n. (Mus.)
     See Crowd, a violin.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Crowd \Crowd\, n. [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named
     from its shape, and akin to Gr. kyrto`s curved, and E. curve.
     Cf. Rote.]
     An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of
     violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played
     with a bow. [Written also croud, crowth, cruth, and
     crwth.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little.
                                                    --B. Jonson.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Croud \Croud\ (kroud), n. (Mus.)
     See Crowd, a violin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Crowd \Crowd\, n. [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named
     from its shape, and akin to Gr. kyrto`s curved, and E. curve.
     Cf. Rote.]
     An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of
     violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played
     with a bow. [Written also croud, crowth, cruth, and
     crwth.]
  
           A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little.
                                                    --B. Jonson.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  croud
     n.
     (obsolete form of en crowd)
     vb.
     (obsolete form of en crowd)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  croud
     n.
     (obsolete form of en crowd)
     vb.
     (obsolete form of en crowd)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  croud
     n.
     (obsolete form of en crowd)
     vb.
     (obsolete form of en crowd)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  croud
     n.
     (obsolete form of en crowd)
     vb.
     (obsolete form of en crowd)

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