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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CROP, v.2 (See quot.)Sh. 1888 Edmonston and Saxby Home of a Naturalist 171:
It is when running before the wind or crossing a tideway in a storm — but seldom except when in utmost peril — that the Shetland fishermen adopt an expedient which has often saved many a boat's crew. They crush — or as they call it “crop” — in their hands the livers of any ling or cod they may have caught, and keep throwing them astern and around them.
