[Zoll-Verein, _i. e._ Customs Union.--An union of smaller states
with Prussia for the purposes of Customs uniformity, first
commenced in 1819 by the union of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, and
which now includes Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, Wirtemburg, Baden,
Hesse-Cassel, Brunswick, and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and all
intermediate principalities. For the purposes of trade and customs
these different kingdoms and principalities act as one empire.]
_Crex, the White Bullace._--Will you insert a Query from a new
correspondent but old subscriber? _Crex_ is the ordinary name with
Cambridgeshire folk for the White Bullace. I cannot answer for the
orthography, as neither Dictionary nor Provincial Glossary acknowledges
the word. Can any of your correspondents enlighten me?