Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
crutch . - noun A little knob about the top of a deer's horn.
- noun A variant of
cross .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A little
bud orknob at the top of adeer 'santler .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Parlant de mon massicot, je vais le ramener — il croche beaucoup trop quand on coupe et du coup, il coupe pas 100% droit-lisse…
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ETYMOLOGY: Possibly alteration of crutch and partly from Middle English croche, crook, crosier from Old French croche, hook, shepherd's crook, feminine of croc, hook; see crochet.
"What Britney's Crotch Did To My Stats." Ann Althouse 2006
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ETYMOLOGY: Possibly alteration of crutch and partly from Middle English croche, crook, crosier from Old French croche, hook, shepherd's crook, feminine of croc, hook; see crochet.
Archive 2006-12-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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Parlant de mon massicot, je vais le ramener — il croche beaucoup trop quand on coupe et du coup, il coupe pas 100% droit-lisse…
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ETYMOLOGY: Possibly alteration of crutch and partly from Middle English croche, crook, crosier from Old French croche, hook, shepherd's crook, feminine of croc, hook; see crochet.
Memoirs, cartoons, rotting fish, peevish men... Ann Althouse 2006
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The Bec-croche, or Crook-bill, has indeed a crooked bill, with which it seizes the cray-fish upon which it subsists.
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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Thos croche [43] oure armes, and ne toe lyve dareygne [44].
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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With the couteau croche, the crooked knife of the North, Dick laboured slowly, fashioning with care the long tamarack strips.
The Silent Places 1904
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Crochet work, so called from the hook, French _croche_ or _croc_, with which it is done, is not only one of the easiest but in comparison with the cost and labour, one of the most effective kinds of fancy-work.
Encyclopedia of Needlework Th��r��se de Dillmont 1868
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Kou-croche to see the Lieutenant-Governor at Fort Garry, to acquaint him of their desire to make peace with the Sioux.
The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto Alexander Morris 1857
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