HAMPSHIRE GLOSSABY. 21 Creeny [kree*iii], small, diminutive. — *Ak. Creepers [kree-pure], sh. pi. low wooden pattens or clogs. — F. M. Criamany [kreiam-uni], inierj, an expression of surprise. — N. H. Crim [krim], sb. a small quantity ; lit. a crumb. *Ak. Crimany [krim-uni], interj. expressive of surprise. See Forby. — F. M. Crink-crank [krink-krank], adj. ' Crink-crank words are long words — verba aesquipecialia — not properly understood.' See Froceeding$ of Phil. Soc., V. 143-8- Crippled or Croppled [krip-uld, krop-uld], pp. found unable to do the lesson. — Adams* JVykehamica, p. 421. Critch [krich], sb. any earthenware vessel; ajar. — N. and Q. 1st S. V. 251.— Cf. Fr. Cruche. Creaky [kroak*il, adj. sickly, weak, delicate ; applied to plants. Ex.
- My roots did look rather croaky till the rain come.' — ^N. H.
Crock [krok], sb. (1) An earthen vessel. — Cooper. (2) A pot ; more commonly applied to an earthen pot. Hence our
- crockery ware.' A.S. croccUy a pot or pitcher. It occurs in Richard
the Redeles (ed. Skeat, ii. 52) ; *And cast adoun I'e crokk ' >e colys amyd.'— •Ak. Perhaps borrowed from the Welsh. Cf. W. cregyn or crochan, a pot. Crope [kroap], pt. t of vb. to creep. — ^Wise, New Forest, p. 190. •Ak. Croppled [krop'uld], ^. floored in an examination. — Winch, Sch. Gl. See Crippled. CroBS-patch [kros'pach], sb. an ill-tempered fellow, as defined by Forby. C£ the lines, * Cross-patch , Draw the latch,' &c. — F. M. Com. Crow [kroa], sb. the peacock butterfly. See Owl. — Wise, New Forest. Crow-gaper [kroa-gai'pur], sb. a very hot day. — N. H. Crow-peokfl [kroa'peks], sb. pi. Scandix PecteUy the shepherd's needle. — J. B. * Called also old woman* s needle. There is a common saying in the New Forest that " Two crowpecks are as good as an oat for a horse ; " to which the reply is, ** A crowpeck and a barley-corn may be.*' ' — ^Wise, New Forest. Crow's claw [kroa'z-klau], sb. Rtmuncidus repens. — Holloway's Dictionary. — J. B. Crow's foot [kroa'zfuot], sb. Ranwxculus repens. — Holloway's Dictionary. — J. B. Crowner [krou*nur], sb. a coroner ; as in Shakespeare, &c *Ak. Crummy [krumi], atlj. fat, fleshy, corpulent. — Cooper. Cmtch [kruch], sb. ' dish, or earthenware pipkin as, a lard-crw^cA, a butter -crM<cA.'— Wise, New Forest See Critcli, and cf. Germ. Krug, and Fr. Cruche.
