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crile north. dial.
Also 7 creil, 7–8 croyll, croil.
[Cf. Du. kriel dwarf; the forms present phonetic difficulties.]
A dwarfed or stunted person.
a1605Montgomerie Flyting 295 That cruiked, camschoche croyll, vncristned, they curse. 1691Tomlinson in Ray N.C. Words, Creil, a short, stubbed, dwarfish man. Northumb. 1728Ramsay Fables & Tales, Ep. Duncan Forbes viii, Thy wit's a croil, thy judgment's blind. 1818Hogg Brownie of B. I. 13 (Jam.) A wee bit hurklin crile. |