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crwth |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crwth \Crwth\ (kr[=oo]th), n. [W.] (Mus.) See 4th {Crowd}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crowd \Crowd\, n. [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named from its shape, and akin to Gr kyrto`s curved, and E. curve. Cf {Rote}.] An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow. [Written also {croud}, {crowth}, {cruth}, and {crwth}.] A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little. --B. Jonson
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