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chrioslaich ; fut. aff. a. crioslaichidh, shall or will gird.
Crioslaichidh e crios, he girdeth a girdle. — Stew. Job.
Fut. pass, crioslaichear, shall be girded.
CiiiosLAiCHTE, p. part, of crioslaich. Girded, belted, bor-
dered, begirt.
Ciuos-MUiNEAL, cil, s. m. A necklace.— .^ew. Exod.
Crios-pasgaidh, s. m. A swaddling-band.
Crios-spÌillidh, s. m. A swaddling-band.
Criosrachadh, aidh, s. m. A girding, a belting, a bordering.
Criosraich, v. a. Gird, belt, surround with a border.
Pret. a. chriosraicVi ; fnt. aff. a. criosraichidh. Crios-
raichidh tu e, thou wilt gird him. — Stew. Exod.
Criosraiciite, p. part, of criosraich. Girt, belted, bordered.
Criostal, ail, s. m. {Ir. id. Gr. x.^u<n-»xxoi.) Crystal. Air
dhreach criostail, having the appearance of crystal. — Old
Song. Sruthan criostail, crystal streamlets. — Macdon.
Criostalacii, a. Crystalline; like crystal ; transparent.
CuioTACH, o. See Criatach.
Criothnach, a. Shaking; apt to shake ; tremulous; causing
to shake.
Criothnach ADii, aidh, s. m. (/r.criothnughadh.) A shaking,
a trembling.
Criothn AiCH, V. a. and n. (Ir. criothnuigh.) Shake, tremble.
Pret. a. cbriothnaich ; fut. aff. a. criothnaichidh, shall
shake. Chriothnaich am fonn, the earth trembled. — Sm.
Crith, s. (/r. crith. Box. Lex. ccyd.) A trembling, a shaking,
a tremor ; a fit of the ague. Air chrith, trembling. An
talamh air chrith, the earth trembling. — Stii. Crith-ghalar,
a palsy ; crith-chath, a panic ; crith-thalmhainn, an earth-
quake ; crith-reothadh, hoar-frost, weak ice ; cuir air chrith,
shake, cause to shake ; crith-òillt, a shudder ; geilt-chrith,
a trembling frojn terror. — Steic. Is.
Crith, v. n. Shake, tremble, quiver. Pret. a. chrith ; fut.
aff. a. crithidh, shall shake. Crithidh am fear-siubhail,
the traveller shall tremble. — Oss. Lodin.
Crith-chath, s. m. A panic.
Crith-cheòl, -chiùil, s. m. A warbling, a quavering.
Crith-chreideach, ich, s. m. A quaker. N. pi. crith-
chreidich.
Critiieach, a. {Ir. id.) Trembling ; quavering.
Critheach, iche, s. m. {Ir. id.) A poplar; an aspen; popu-
lus tremula. Mar chritheach san tshie, like an aspen in
the blast. — Ull. Slatan do'n chritheach, rods of the poplar.
— Stew. Gen. Written also critheann.
Crith-eagal, ail, s. m. {Ir. id.) Astonishment; extreme
terror.
Crith-Ejvgalach, a. Astonished; exceedingly terrified;
also causing extreme terror.
Critheann, inn, s. in. A poplar; the populus tremula, ov
aspen.
'Diis tree is often mentioned by Ossian and his brother bards ;
and Laing, in combating tlie authenticity of Ossian's Poems, asserts
tliat it is not a native plant of Scotland, and consequently that it
could not have existed in Caledonia in the time of Ossian. Ob-
servation, however, contradicts this assertion ; for in every glen of the
Highlands this tree is to be seen. It grows and flourishes where
the foot of man never trod — in the inaccessible clefts of lofty rocks;
thus presenting an unquestionable appearance of its being an in-
digenous plant.
Critheach A dh, aidh, s. m. A trembling, a tremor.
Oritiieachadh, (a), pr. ;;ar<. of crithich. Shaking, trem-
bling, starting.
Critii-ghalar, air, s. m. {Ir. id.) A palsy — {Steiv. Acts,
ref.) ; an ague.
Critiiich, D. a. Tremble ; shake ; start. Pre*, a. chrithich,
trembled ; fut. aff. a. crithichidh, shall tremble. Chrithich,
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theich, is thuil an namh, the enemy trembled, fled, and fell.
— Ardar.
Crithidh, fut. aff. a. of crith. Shall or will shake.
t Crithneal, eil, s. m. A shower.
t Critiire, s. pi. Small sparks from the collision of arms ;
small particles of any thing.
Crith-reo, Crith-reoth, s. Hoar-frost; mildew; a
blasting mist ; also, weak ice, frost. Mar dhuilleach 's a
chrith-reo, like leaves in hoar-frost. — Oss. Duthona. Ma
bhios crith-reoth ann, if there be a mildew. — Stetv. 1 K. ref.
Crith-siiuileach, a. Dim-sighted; blear-eyed. — Stew.
Is. ref.
Crith-thalmhainn, s. f. An earthquake. iV^. p^ crith -
thalmhainnean.
Crith-theas, s. m. The tremulous exhalation observed
near the surface of the ground on a very warm day.
Criudarnach, aich, s. jn. The hiccup.
t Crtun, «. m. {Ir. id.) A wolf.
Cro, s. {Arm. craou.) A nut; the name of a wheel. N. pi.
crothan, nuts. Cro chòrnaich, a cluster of cohering nuts;
cro dharaich, an acorn; crothan spuing, Molucca nuts, or
beaiis.
The nuts called Molucca nuts, or Molucca beans, are found on
the shores of the Western Isles, where the kernels of them are used
as a cure for diarrhea and dysentery. In what way Molucca nuts
should be cast ashore among the Hebrides, has been explained in
the following manner : — These nuts, or beans, are the seeds of the
Dolichos wens Guiluiulia Bonduc. G. Bonduccttu, and Mimosa
Scandals of LinntEus, natives of Jamaica. They grow in vast
quantities along the rivers, of that island, and are generally sup-
posed to be dropped into the water, and carried into the sea; from
thence, by tides and currents, and the predominancy of the east
wind, to be forced through the Gulf of Florida into the North
American ocean ; in tlie same manner as the Siirgasso, a plant
growing among rocks in the seas around Jamaica. When arrived
in tliat part of the Atlantic, they fall in with the westerly winds,
which blow two-thirds of the year in that tract, and which may help
to waft them to the shores of the Hebrides.
Cro is also written cn6.
Cro, s. m. A fold for sheep; a cattle-house; a stall; a
stable ; a crop ; the eye of a needle ; a high wattled cart-
rim ; rarely, children. O chrò nan caorach,yroOT the sheep-
fold. — .Sm. Cro chamhal, a stable for camels. — Stew. G. B.
Cro snathaid, the eye of a needle. — Stew. N. T. Cro na
mòin, the peat-cart.
Cro, s. Cattle ; cows ; blood-money ; a dowry, a portion.
Cro is tlie name of a fine imposed by the ancient Scots on one
who was guilty of murder. The cro of every man differed according
to the dignity which the person held. The cru of a king was one
thousand cows ; of an earl, one hundred and forty ; of a thane or
earl's son, one hundred cows ; of a villain or plebeian, sixteen
cows. — Scot. Stat. Reg. Maj. lib. iv. ch. 24.
This law was old even in the time of William the Conqueror.
A clause of an act passed in his reign runs thus : " Give anie slaies
anie man, he shall give twentie nine kye and one young kow, and
make peace with the friends of tlie defunct, according to the law of
the countric." — Skene's Statutes of King W. ch. vi.
Cro, in the sense of cattle, is also written crodh ; which see.
Cròbh, crobha, 5. m. A claw; a paw; a hoof; a clumsy
hand. N. pi. cròbhan. Cròbh priachian, the herb crane's-
bill.
Crobhan, ain, s. m. {dim. of cròbh.) A claw; a paw; a
hoof; a little paw, a little claw. N. pi. crobhain. Reu-
baidh e an crobhain, he will tear their claivs. — Stew. Zech.
Crobhan ACH, a. Having hoofs or claws; like a hoof, like
a claw ; having large hoofs or claws. Tarbh crobhanach,
a bull that has hoofs. — Slew. Ps.
Crobii-priaciiain, s. m. The herb crane's-bill. — Shaw.
Croc, croic, s. m. {Corn, kryk.) A hillock, a hill. N. pi.
croic. Written also cnoc ; which see.