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crummie, crummy, n. (a.) Sc. and north.|ˈkrʌmɪ|
Also 8 cromie.
[f. crum, crumb a. crooked + -ie = -y4 dim. and denominative, as in blacky, brownie, cowdie, doddie, etc.]
A. n.
1. A cow with ‘crumpled’ or crooked horns; often a kind of proper name for any cow.
1724Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 111 My Cromie is a useful cow. a1774Fergusson Drink Eclogue Poems (1845) 52 Crummie nae mair for Jenny's hand will crune. 1824Scott Redgauntlet Let. ii, The crummie drank without sitting down. 1876D. Gorrie Summ. in Orkneys I. 39 Old men leading highboned crummies equally grave.
2. A staff with a crooked head.
1808–25Jamieson, Crummie-staff, crummie-stick. 1832–53Whistle-Binkie (Sc. Songs) Ser. ii. 111 The carlins coost their crummies til't, Sae vauntingly they vapour'd.
B. adj. Having crooked or crumpled horns.
1878Cumbrld. Gloss., Crummy, crum-horn't, [having] horns turned towards the eyes. |