| 释义 |
▪ I. croke
obs. f. croak, crook.
▪ II. croke Obs. exc. dial.
[Etymology uncertain. Cf. cork n.3]
Core of a fruit; refuse, dross.
c1450Nominale in Wr.-Wülcker 719/6 Partes fructuum..Hec arula the crok. 1847–78Halliwell, Croke, refuse; the bad or useless part of anything. Linc. 1886S.W. Linc. Gloss., Croke, refuse: as ‘It's only an old croke’. |