CROON, kr[=oo]n, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to utter a low, monotonous, inarticulate
sound like a baby: to sing or hum in an undertone.--_n._ CROON'ING, a low
murmuring sound. [Cf. Dut. _kreunen_, to groan.]
CROP, krop, _n._ all the produce of a field of grain: anything gathered or
cropped: an entire ox-hide: the craw of a bird: (_archit._) a finial: a
whip-handle: the cutting the hair short.--_v.t._ to cut off the top or
ends: to cut short or close: to mow, reap, or gather.--_v.i._ to
yield:--_pr.p._ crop'ping; _pa.p._ cropped.--_n._ CROP'-EAR, one having
cropped or cut ears.--_adj._ CROP'FUL (_Milt._), satiated.--_ns._ CROP'PER,
one who or that which crops: a plant which furnishes a crop: one who raises
a crop for a share of it: a kind of fancy pigeon remarkable for its large
crop; CROP'PING, act of cutting off: the raising of crops: (_geol._) an
outcrop; CROP'PY, one of the Irish rebels of 1798 who cut their hair short
in imitation of the French Revolutionists.--_adj._ CROP'-SICK, sick of a
surfeit.--CROP OUT, to appear above the surface; CROP UP, to come up
incidentally. [A.S. _crop_, the top shoot of a plant, the crop of a bird;
Dut. _crop_, a bird's crop.]
CROPPER, krop'[.e]r, _n._ a fall; failure.--COME A CROPPER, to have a fall,
perhaps from phrase 'neck and crop.'
CROQUET, kr[=o]'k[=a], _n._ a game in which two or more players try to
drive wooden balls, by means of long-handled mallets, through a series of
arches set in the ground. [North Fr. _croquet_, a dial. form of _crochet_,
dim. of _croc_, _croche_, a crook.]
CROQUETTE, krok-et', _n._ a ball of minced meat or fish, seasoned and
fried. [Fr. _croquer_, to crunch.]