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▪ I. crup, a. dial. [? var. of crump: cf. crup-shoulder.] ‘Short, brittle, as a crup cake; and fig., short or snappish, as a crup answer. Still used in Kent’ (Todd).
1736Pegge Kenticisms, Crup, pettish, peevish. 1847–78Halliwell, Crup, crisp, short; surly. South. 1887Parish & Shaw Kentish Gloss., Crup, crisp. ‘You'll have a nice walk, as the snow is very crup.’ ▪ II. crup(e var. of croup n.1, hind-quarters. ▪ III. crup, v.|krʌp| [f. crupper.] trans. To put the crupper on (a horse).
1881A. C. Grant Bush Life Queensland I. viii. 97 A vicious kick or two when being crupped. |