A question among critiques in the ages to come.
Bp. Lincoln.
Cri*tique", v. t. [Cf. Critic, v.] To criticise or pass judgment upon. [Obs.] Pope.
Criz"zel (kr?z"z'l), n. [Cf. grizzle darkish gray, or G. griselig gravelly, granular, speckled.] A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency. [Written also crizzeling and crizzle.]
Croak (krōk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked. (krōkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Croaking.] [From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. krńchzen to croak, and to E. creak, crake.] 1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog,
And the hoarse nation croaked.
Pope.
2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness.
Carlyle.
Croak, v. t. To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster.
The raven himself is hoarse,
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan.
Shak.
Two ravens now began to croak
Their nuptial song.
Wordsworth.
Croak, n. The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.
Croak"er (-?r), n. 1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
2. (Zo÷l.) (a) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast. (a) An American fresh- water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum. (c) The surf fish of California.
&fist; When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence the name, which is often corrupted into crocus.
Cro"at (kr?"?t), n. [Cf. Cravat.] 1. A native of Croatia, in Austria; esp., one of the native Slavic race.