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crut

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See also: crût and CRUT

English

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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crut (plural cruts)

  1. (mining) A cross-measure tunnel or drift.

Verb

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crut (third-person singular simple present cruts, present participle crutting, simple past and past participle crutted)

  1. (mining) To work as a crutter.
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Etymology 2

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Compare French croûte (“crust”).

Noun

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crut

  1. (archaic) The rough, shaggy part of oak bark[1]

Etymology 3

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Noun

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crut (plural cruts)

  1. (UK, dialect) A dwarf.

References

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  1. ^ “crut”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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crut

  1. third-person singular past historic of croire

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