The conquests of the croises extending over Palestine.
Burke.
||Crois`san`tÚ" (krw?`s?n`t?"), a. [F. croissant, adj. & n., crescent.] (Her.) Terminated with crescents; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.
Cro"ker (krō"k&etilde;r), n. [Gr. kro`kos saffron.] A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron. [Obs.] Holinshed.
||Cro"ma (krō"m&adot;), n. [It.] (Mus.) A quaver. [Obs.]
Crom"lech (kr&obreve;m"l&ebreve;k), n. [W. cromlech; crom bending or bent, concave + llech a flat stone; akin to Ir. cromleac.] (ArchŠol.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.
Cro*mor"na (kr?-m?r"n?), n. [F. cromorne (cf. It. cromorno0, fr. G. krummhorn crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a trumpet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. [Corruptly written cromona.]
Crone (krōn), n. [OD. kronie, karonie, an old sheep, OF. carogne, F. charogne, carrion (also F. carogne illnatured woman.). See Carrion, and Crony.] 1. An old ewe. [Obs.] Tusser.