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- English Word Croaker Definition A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast.
- English Word Croaker Definition An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum.
- English Word Croaker Definition The surf fish of California.
- English Word Croaking Definition of Croak
- English Word Croat Definition A native of Croatia, in Austria; esp., one of the native Slavic race.
- English Word Croat Definition An irregular soldier, generally from Croatia.
- English Word Croatian Definition Of or pertaining to Croatia.
- English Word Croatian Definition A Croat.
- English Word Crocein Definition A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol.
- English Word Croceous Definition Of, pertaining to, or like, saffron; deep reddish yellow.
- English Word Crocetin Definition A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese crocin, which produces a brilliant yellow.
- English Word Croche Definition A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.
- English Word Crochet Definition A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.
- English Word Crochet Definition To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl.
- English Word Crocheted Definition of Crochet
- English Word Crocheting Definition of Crochet
- English Word Crociary Definition One who carries the cross before an archbishop.
- English Word Crocidolite Definition A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.
- English Word Crocin Definition The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora.
- English Word Crocin Definition A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.
- English Word Crock Definition The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.
- English Word Crock Definition To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.
- English Word Crock Definition To give off crock or smut.
- English Word Crock Definition A low stool.
- English Word Crock Definition Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.
- English Word Crock Definition To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.
- English Word Crocked Definition of Crock
- English Word Crocker Definition A potter.
- English Word Crockery Definition Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds.
- English Word Crocket Definition An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc.