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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†CROIT(T)OCH, Crootoch, Crutock, n. Also cretuch. “A lameness which often assails the feet of cows and oxen; some cure it by drawing a hair rope through the split of the hoof; others, by pouring into that place, that burning thing ‘aquafortis'” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 146, croittoch; also Ayr. 1845 Sc. Farmer (Aug.) 255, crutock). Kcb.⁴ c.1900 gives the form crootoch. Hence croitoch'd, adj., suffering from croitoch.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 476:
What skill has he about a nurrill'd stott, And croitoch'd cloots.Gall. 1875 Trans. Highl. Soc. 51: 
The "cretuch"is an affection of the joints, whereby the sheep loses the power of its limbs.