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Syn. -- Throng; multitude. See Throng.

Crowd, n. [W. crwth; akin to
Gael. cruit. Perh. named from its shape, and akin to Gr.
kyrto`s curved, and E. curve. Cf.
Rote.] An ancient instrument of music with six
strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed
instrument played with a bow. [Written also croud,
crowth, cruth, and crwth.]

A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd
a little.

B. Jonson.

Crowd, v. t. To play on a
crowd; to fiddle. [Obs.] "Fiddlers, crowd on."
Massinger.

Crowd"er (kroud"?r), n. One
who plays on a crowd; a fiddler. [Obs.] "Some blind
crowder." Sir P. Sidney.

Crowd"er, n. One who crowds or
pushes.

Crow"dy (krou"d?), n. A thick
gruel of oatmeal and milk or water; food of the porridge
kind. [Scot.]

Crow"flow`er (kr?"flou`?r), n.
(Bot.) A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the
Lychnis Flos-cuculi.

Crow"foot` (kr?"f??t`), n.


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