The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him.
W. Irving.
A few old battered crones of office.
Beaconsfield.
Cro"nel (kr?"n?l), n. [Cf. Coronel spearhead, Crown.] The iron head of a tilting spear.
Cro"net (kr?"n?t), n. [Cf. Coronet, Crownet.] The coronet of a horse.
Cro"ni*an (kr?"n?-a]/>n), a. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; Saturnian, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?; Saturn.] Saturnian; -- applied to the North Polar Sea. [R.] Milton.
Cron"stedt*ite (kr?n"st?t-?t), n. (Min.) A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt.
Cro"ny (kr?"n?), n.; pl. Cronies (-n&?;z). [Orig., an old woman. See Crone.] 1. A crone. [Obs.] "Marry not an old crony." Burton.