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Cruth
(gcide) | Cruth \Cruth\ (kr?th), n. [W. crwth.] (Mus.)
See 4th Crowd.
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cruth
(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.]
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A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little.
--B. Jonson.
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cruth
(gcide) | Cruth \Cruth\ (kr?th), n. [W. crwth.] (Mus.)
See 4th Crowd.
[1913 Webster]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.]
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A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little.
--B. Jonson.
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