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▪ I. † ˈcrotey, v. Obs.
[app. a. Anglo-Fr. *croteyer = OF. *crotoyer, f. OF. crote, crotte dung of hares, etc.]
trans. and intr. Of hares, rabbits, etc.: To evacuate their excrement.
a1425Master of Game (Bodl. MS. 546 fo. 13 b), The hare..alwey..croteyeþ yn o manere. Ibid. fo. 26 Þei [bucks] croteieþ hure fumes yn dyuerse maneres. 1486Bk. St. Albans E iij a, The hare..fymaes and crotis and Roungeth euermoore.
▪ II. † crotey, n. Obs.
Also crotaye, crottoye.
[f. crotey v.]
In pl. = crottels.
a1425Master of Game (Bodl. MS. 546 fo. 70) Ȝif þe croteyes beþ grete and þikke. 1575Turberv. Venerie 65 To iudge an olde harte by the fewmishing, the which they make in brode croteys. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. i. 93 1 A Hare or Conneys Crottoyes. 1741Compl. Fam. Piece ii. i. 301 The Croteys or Excrements of a Buck [Hare]. 1807Sportsman's Dict. s.v. Bear, [Bears] cast their lesses sometimes in round croteys. |