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crctae
inches in diameter, -vith round opening in
centre about 1 ft. deep, and 7 or 8 inches wide.
The barley is mixed with water, pounded
with hammer-shaped raallet.stirred occasionally,
and then dried and winnowed.
erotaiche, s.f.ind. Gibbosity, hump-backedness.
2 Prominence, protuberance.
crotainn, see cnotainn.
crotair, -can, .tn. Crooked, hump-bacfred man.
eachd,** s.f.ind. Infirmity of a humpback.
Ag imeachd 'sa ch., walking like a
hnmp-backed person.
erot.U -ail s.m. Awn, husk, pod. 2 Rind of a
keriicl. 3 Cymbal. 4 Geueral name for the
varieties of lichen used lor producing dyes of
various shades ol ral and brown. The colour
piouuixu iroui these is not so nne as that obtained
irolii the cur cur. 5 'iae iiclien, stone-,
or heatrh-paruielia-jxutafua saxaiiliv and
-ach," a. Dyed n'lemot. 2 Like h'lemot. 3
Like, pertaining to, or abounding m, ahy of
the lichens useu in dyeing.
-
-coiiie.s.m Lung ore v utricta puimonacea.
-naui-niauauh-iuadh, s.m. Club-moss
iycopoi.nv.iH ^acalum. [Badge ol Clan Mumo.j
Crotan, -am, s.m. see crouu,
croitean, & ciadaiu. 2 Box
of an oar.
fcio..h, a.m. see cruth. 2 s.f.
see cuo.
croih, pr.pt. a" crothadh, v.a.
Couiiiic in a coop, house,
folvi or peu.
crotuaua, -aidh, s.m. Euclos
lug. z-fj see crathada. A'
c
, pr.pt. ol crotii. A' c.
uau, enclosing tamos ; a' c.
arbhair, enwosiny corn, inyailiei
my corn.
Crotal-nammadadh-ruadh.
crothaui,** s.f. Gravel.
c' Lhau, for v.uoihan.
cro.hau, -a.u, s.m. Cribbage (game at cards.)
-ciu.uai-, -air, s.m. Bier. 2 Vehicle.
tcru, s.iii. Oure, see cr.
tciuaUiiir, v.a. Ofaew.
cruabau-,"* s.m. Cruncher. 2 One who chews
itv> K.Wiiru.iy
eachd,** s.f. Crunching. 2 Chewing.
Cruac, -aice, -aicean, see cnuachd
cruacach, -aiche, see cnuachdach.
cruac-cuasach, -aiche, see cuuacnd-chasach"
fcruuch, a. Red.
cruach, -aiche, -an, s.f. Pile, heap. 2 High stack
of corn or hay. a Rounded hill standing a-
part. 4* fountain, pinnacle. 5* Stack of
peats. 6* Heap above the brim of a vessel.
Ou cruaich fine-head tomhais, to a hrap of
twenty measures, c. agus earn air K jich taobh,
hill an, rock on every side : ilhear c. 'na
breacagan, a alack may be eaten in cakes air
cruaich uaui beauu, on the pinnacle of the
mountains.
cru^c.i, pr.pt. a' cruachadh, v.a. Heap, stack,
build mto ricks or stacks. 2 Accumulate,
gather into a heap, pile.
ach, -aicue, a. Of, or belonging to mountains,
heaps, slacks or ricks. 2* 'Full of heaps
or hills, hilly, a Lofty. 4**Accuuiulative.
adh, -aidh, s.m. Heaping up, accumulating.
2 Stacking. 3 Heading above the
brim of a vessel. 4 Act ol neaping or accumulating.
A' c
, pr.pt. of cruach. 'Ga ch.,
murcnuj it into stack*.
ag, -aige, -an, s.f. Little rick or stack.
cnuichaihLi, en. HHHJ. u f cruac. :ann.
- each,** a. Having large thighs or
279_crnadhmhor_
hips. 2 Of, or pertaining to, a thigh or hip.
cruachan, -ain, -an, s.m. (dim. of crutch) Conical
hill or mountain-top, &c. 2 see cruachann-
3 n.pl. of cruach
cruachann, -ainn, -uaichnean, ./. The haunch,
thih, hip. Os cionn na cruchainn, above the
hip; tharruing e 'lann o 'chruachainn, he drew
hit sword from his sid*.
cruat-has, -ais, -an, s m. see craidh-chiesperate. 1U Adverse.
11 Calamitous. l>uiue: c., o /laray, energi'iic
man; is c. an ni e, tf is a calamitous
circumstance.
-- achd, s.f.ind. Hardship, danger. 2 Hardihooa,
endurance. 3* Bravery. 4tt iirmn
ess.
--aich,** pr.pt. a' cruadalachatlh, v.a.
Inure, harden, habituate. 2ttDry.
ais, s.m. Courageousiiess.
cruadhach, gen. of cruaidh. L>e s-naor na c., q/
the best sterl.
cruadhach,** a. Of, or pertaining to steel.
--adh, -aidu, s.m. Enduratiou. 2 Hardening,
drying. 8 Act or state of hardening. 4
Drying, as of grain in a kiln. A' c , pr. pi.
of cruadhaich.
Ath-ch.uadhachaidh, a drying-kiln;
chan e cruadtiaehadh na h-ailia
sealitainn foipe, looking under the kiln duet
not dry the corn.
cruadhaehair,** s m. Hardener.
cruauhachas, -ais, s.m. Rigour, hardness, hardship,
trial.
cruaunag.-aig, -an, s.f. Distress, difficulty, afnictipii.
t-aafhann 'na chruadhag, the weak
Au
in his distress.
cruadhaich, pr.pt. a' cruadhachadh, v.a. Harden.
Dry, parch. 3**Make hardy. 4**Make
insensible or unfeeling.
cruadhaich i
e, past part, of cruadhaich. Hardened.
2 Parcnetl. 3**Baked. 4**Made insensible.
5**Made hardy. 6 Dried. GrAn
C., dried corn.
cruadnail,** s.f. Danger. 2 Hardship. 3 Inhumanity.
crmulhalaeh, -aiche, o. Inhuman, barbarous,
hara, unfeeling. 2 Niggardly. 3**Poor. 4**
Dilticult.
-- d,** s.f. Hardness, rigour. 2 Niggardliness.
cruatlhalta, a. see cruadalach.
cruadhHs, -ais, s.m. see cruas.
cruadhchradli, -aidh, s.m. Austerity.
cruaUhlarh, -aidh, s. m. Rocky acclivity. 2
Hard stony ground.
is a soft bottuin.)
cruacihonlior, -oire, a. Corpulent.
8*Hard bottom, (boglach