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▪ I. † croape, v. Obs. Also crope. [Cf. croup.] intr. To croak.
c1500Kennedy Flyting w. Dunbar 393 Cursit croapand craw. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 39 The ropeen of the rauynis gart the crans crope. 1593B. Barnes Parthenophil in Arb. Garner V. 481 Bulls bellow through the wood! Ravens croape! 1600Abp. Abbot Exp. Jonah 471 He feedeth the young ravens who do cry or croape. ▪ II. croape obs. pa. tense of creep. |