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Definition of Crouched
1. a. Marked with the sign of the cross.
Definition of Crouched
1. Adjective. Marked with, bearing, or wearing the sign of the cross. ¹
2. Verb. (past of crouch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crouched
1. crouch [v] - See also: crouch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crouched
Literary usage of Crouched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1864)
"Form of Appeal from the crouched Friars. serrations on the youthful portrait of
Queen Elizabeth in the Dining-room, was a misapprehension of my statement ..."
2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1921)
"... against the wall sat her father, the paralysed old man, and looked on, bending
over his hands, crouched together as always, without being able to move. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"... looking to the right ; beneath the head appears to be a bull-dog crouched up;
and underneath the dog, a branch with leaves, springing up and spreading ..."
4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Androclus was a Roman slave, condemned to encounter a lion in the amphitheatre ;
but when the beast wa» let loose it crouched at the feet of the slave and ..."
5. The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great by Oliver Goldsmith (1826)
"... of one whom they just before had revered and crouched to in the most abject
manner. 182. These immoderate transports were raised in them by Demosthenes, ..."
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