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Croon, n. 1. A
low, continued moan; a murmur.

2. A low singing; a plain, artless
melody.

Crop (kr&obreve;p), n. [OE.
crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant, harvest, AS.
crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin to
D. krop craw, G. kropf, Icel. kroppr hump or
bunch on the body, body; but cf. also W. cropa,
croppa, crop or craw of a bird, Ir. & Gael.
sgroban. Cf. Croup, Crupper, Croup.]
1. The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet
of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

2. The top, end, or highest part of
anything, especially of a plant or tree. [Obs.]
"Crop and root." Chaucer.

3. That which is cropped, cut, or
gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or
fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is
planted in the earth; fruit; harvest.

Lab'ring the soil, and reaping plenteous
crop,

Corn, wine, and oil.

Milton.

4. Grain or other product of the field
while standing.


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