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I'll lean upon one crutch, and fight with
the other.

Shak.

Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak
alone.

H. Smith.

2. A form of pommel for a woman's saddle,
consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the
rider.

3. (Naut.) (a) A
knee, or piece of knee timber. (b) A
forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.

Crutch, v. t. To support on
crutches; to prop up. [R.]

Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on
verse.

Dryden.

Crutched (kr?cht), a.
1. Supported upon crutches.

2. [See Crouch, v.
t., and Crouched, a. ]
Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.

Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a
religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of
the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also crossed
friar and crouched friar.

Cruth (kr?th), n. [W.


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