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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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KRUTTLE, v., n. Also kruttel, cr(j)uttle, krotl, crattle. [krʌtl]

I. v. 1. To make a bubbling noise, as of simmering water, to make a rumbling (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1960), grating or rattling noise (Ork. 1929 Marw.).Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
De guts is krotlin. De kettle is krotlin.

2. Of water: to form into small, rippling waves (Ork. 1929 Marw.; Sh. 1960). Hence krotli, -y, of the sea: agitated, choppy (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)).

II. n. 1. A rattling, grating, bubbling, gurgling or rumbling sound, as of fluid passing through a narrow opening (Sh. 1905 E.D.D., crattle, crjuttle, 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1960).Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 111:
Och, there's the flachter i' me breest; The cruttle i' me t'rapple teu.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
I heard the kruttle o' the braken bones.

2. A ripple, “a ruffling of the surface of the water by small, sharp wavelets, esp. in a tideway” (Ork. 1929 Marw.; Sh. 1960).Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
He set a krotl i' da sea, an uproar in the sea came on.