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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1587-1629
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Croud(e, Crowd, v. [Imitative. Cf. Crout v.] intr. Of doves: To coo. 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 237.
The cowschet crowdis and pyrkis on the rys 1513 Ib. xii. Prol. 299.
[The] gentill dow … So pryklyng hyr greyn curage forto crowd In amorus voce and wowar soundis lowd a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 15 (Wr).
The cuschat crouds, the corbie cries 1587-99 Hume iii. 192.
The cuschetts on the branches green, Full quietly they crowd 1629 Boyd Last B. 133.
Let your soule sitte downe there, and croude like a doue 1629 Ib. (1629) 299.
Turtles crouding with sighes and grones
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