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croce (1121-25)
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croce (1121-25)

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croc,  croche,  crocke,  crok,  croke,  crokke;  crook;  cros,  crosse;  croz  (crohc  TLL ii 89.158,  crozce  Qu Mary’s Ps 4v)  
  FEW:  *krôk 16,397b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  croc 9,251c TL: croc 2,1066 DEAF:  croc 2  DMF:  croc 1  TLF:  croc  OED:  crook n. and adj.  MED:  crok n.  DMLBS:  crocus 2 520b

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1hook, crook: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  hamus: croc  TLL i 159
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Carucarii reparant diversa instrumenta aratri (=of the pough), s. stivam et trabem, [...] uncos (gloss: (C) crocs) (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) crokis ) et cultros, vomeres, tribulas vel marras [...]  TLL i 199.47 and ii 136.49
( MS: s.xvm )  un crook : a flesshehoke  Fr Voc 173
♦ domestic pot-hook: 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  (in a kitchen:) ferreus arpax: (T) croc  TLL ii 47.87
( MS: s.xiii2 )  In quoquina sit [...]. Item sint ibi olle, tripodes [...], pilus, contus, uncus (gloss: (C) croc) (var. (L: s.xiii/xiv) havet), cacabus [...]  TLL i 181.60 and ii 65.60
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  (for the kitchen:) voil que vous achatez dressours, poz d’aresme, […], crokes […]  Man lang ANTS 5.26
♦fishingpot stirrer (?): 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  In quoquina sit mensula, [..]. Item sint ibi olle, tripodes [...], pilus, contus (gloss: croc), uncus, cacabus [...]  TLL i 181.60 and ii 96.60
( MS: s.xiii1 )  contus: (J) crok (var. (R: s.xiii1) movur)  Gloss Nequam1 239
♦weaponsweapon with a curved piece of metal or hook, billhook, grappling iron, etc.: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Vit venir deiables [...] E venent dreit a cel dolent; Salt l'uns avant, al croc le prent  S Brend mup 1468
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E les homes armez as croks e as brans  Rom Chev ANTS 4852
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii1 )  Les debles […] del (l. de) lur cros les demaglerent  Purg S Pat first anon 683
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  tenanz lor espeies ou lur croks hors des gaingnes  vegetius2 21.6
2eccl.crozier, bishop's staff: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  (prelacy) Od columbine piteiance Traiet del croc a penitance, E od serpentine justise Ost od sun pic feluns d’eglise  Salemon 11530
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Apollonies prodom esteit, La croce et l’evesché aveit  S Nichol wace 996
( MS: s.xiii2 )  pedum: hec cambuca, -ce est croce episcopi  TLL ii 24.1773
( 1312; MS: s.xiv1 )  Jeo solei porter croz (var. (U: s.xiv1/4) crotz; (R: s.xiv1) croce; (T: s.xiv2) croiz) e mitre  Plainte Am 163
( 1459-60 )  in una illorum imprimatur una mitra et in altero .j. croche  Durham 88
3strategem, trick (of the Devil): 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  ses (=the Devil’s) souduians turs […] sé violens crocs e totes ses mauveitez  Ancren2 34.11
croce a pastur
games'shepherd’s crook', ball game played with a crooked stick: 
( MS: c.1250 )  Tunc de ludis. [...] Hoc pedum: croche a pastur  TLL i 413
croce de fer
domestic pot-hook: 
( MS: s.xiii )  (in the kitchen:) ferreus arpax: (A) croc de fer (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) havés; (L: s.xiiiex) croc de fere; (O: s.xii/xiii) croc )  TLL ii 47.87
♦weaponsweapon with a curved piece of metal or hook, billhook, grappling iron, etc.: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  furches e croke de feer ardaunt  Vis Tond 207

See also:

crocer1  crochere  crochet 
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