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Cro"ci*a*ry (kr?"sh?-?-r?), n. [See
Crosier.] (Eccl.) One who carries the cross
before an archbishop. [Obs.]

Cro*cid"o*lite (kr?-s?d"?-l?t), n.
[Gr. kroky`s nap on cloth + -lite.]
(Min.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a
lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is
essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue
asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating
quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown
tiger-eye of the jewelers.

Cro"cin (kr?"s?n), n. [Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?; saffron.] (Chem.) (a)
The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of
Gardenia grandiflora. Watts.
(b) A red powder (called also
polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus
sativus). See Polychroite.

Crock (kr&obreve;k), n. [Cf. W.
croeg cover, Scot. crochit covered.] The
loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and
kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which
rubs off from cloth.

Crock, v.


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