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Definition of Croche
1. n. A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.
Definition of Croche
1. a knob at the top of a deer's horn [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Croche
Literary usage of Croche
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Labors of Rt. Rev. Frederic Baraga, First Bishop of Marquette, Mich by Chrysostom Verwyst (1900)
"B. When Bishop Fenwick installed F. Baraga as pastor of Arbre croche in 1831, he
told him to do his best to seek out and convert all the Ottawas to the true ..."
2. Outlines of the Political History of Michigan by James Valentine Campbell (1876)
"Within the last thirty years the L'Arbre croche sugar was always reckoned clean
and reliable, and brought the best price of any Indian sugar in the Detroit ..."
3. Old Mackinaw, Or, The Fortress of the Lakes and Its Surroundings by William Peter Strickland (1860)
"... Islands—L'Arbre croche—Boundaries of Lake Michigan — Its connections—Railroad
from Fort Wayne to Mackinaw— Recent report of—Amount completed—Land grants ..."
4. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"... of L'Arbre croche, hie x mark, ... of L'Arbre croche, his x Ainse, of
Michilimackinac, his x mark, mark, ..."
5. The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Including that of the by George Bryce (1900)
"... work—Four great Mackenzies—A literary bourgeois—Three handsome demoiselles—"
The man in the moon"—Story of " Bras croche"—Around Cape Horn—Astoria taken ..."
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