croçu (s.xiiiex)
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croçu (s.xiiiex)

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  FEW:  *krôk 16,401a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  crochu 9,253a TL: crochu 2,1070 DEAF:  croce (croçu)  DMF:  crochu  TLF:  crochu  OED:  croched adj.  MED:  croched ppl.  DMLBS: ∅
crosçu,  croku  

a.

1hooked: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  (The cat of Hell) ou ses crosçues e ou ses orribles pates  202.25
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Les denz aveit moult akuz, Granz e longs, e crokuz  47.66
♦crooked, deformed: 
( 1304-05 )  e vous enveoms de noz croçuz levrers de Gales que bien ateindroient un levre s’il le trovassent en dormaunt  11
2hollow, inward curving: 
( MS: s.xiiiex ) Fultones, nudi et sufflantes, fullant pannos laneos et pilosos in alveo concavo gloss: (C) croçu (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) cros;  (L: s.xiii) croz )  i 200.50 and ii 136.50
crocher#1 
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