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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Crout, v. [Imitative.] a. tr. Of a dove: To utter in cooing. b. intr. To croak. —1549 Compl. 39/17.
The dou croutit hyr sad sang that soundit lyik sorrow 1613
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Comm. Rev. (1614) 158.
Men led with the spirit of Satan … are sent abroad, as crouting frogges, to bestirre themselves Urquhart Rabelais iii. xiii.
Murmuring of stock-doves, crouting of cormorants
