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▪ I. crouching, vbl. n.|ˈkraʊtʃɪŋ|
[f. crouch v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the verb crouch, q.v. Cf. crouch n.2 b.
1535Coverdale Ecclus. xii. 11 Though he make moch croutchinge and knelinge. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 319 In their croochynges, maskyng Masses, Anthemes. 1814Byron Corsair ii. xiv, The coward crouching of despair. 1904Graham & Clark Pract. Track & Field Athletics ii. 17 To-day practically every one uses the low or crouching start, which experience has proved beyond all question to be the quickest. 1912E. H. Ryle Athletics vi. 89 There are two methods of starting—the old erect posture and the modern crouching or ‘all fours’ method. 1913E. W. Hjertberg Athletics in Theory & Practice ii. i. 85 The ‘crouching’ start has proved its superiority in every respect.
▪ II. ˈcrouching, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That crouches (lit. and fig.); see the verb.
1600Shep. Tonie Woodmans Walke in Eng. Helicon, Desert went naked in the cold, when crouching craft was fed. 1611Cotgr., Tapissant, crooching. 1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 355 Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey. 1867F. D. Maurice Patr. & Lawgivers x. (ed. 4) 193 They were a set of poor crouching slaves.
Hence ˈcrouchingly adv.
1831J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXIX. 702 Running crouchingly along the copestones. 1884E. O'Donovan Story of Merv iii. 34 They..sat crouchingly around the fires. |