2. Verb. (third-person singular of croup) ¹
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Definition of Croups
1. croup [n] - See also: croup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Croups
Literary usage of Croups
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... sea-billows' croups. And follow (an infinite spume-sprinkling train ;) The,
on golden axe-tree, rolling, broad divine Wheels, in wide salt sea-flood, ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"... as he asserts, the вате crystalline : croups in which the existence of
isomorphism ha« form. been distinctly ascertained. From these we select Miller, ..."
3. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Sports (1800)
"od backs, and though their croups are not fo beautiful, being for the moil part
pointed, ... croups ..."
4. The Feeding and Management of Infants and Children: And the Home Treatment by Thomas Cation Duncan (1880)
"THE croups: SPASMODIC AND MEMBRANOUS. Of all the diseases to which children are
liable, croup is the one most dreaded by the inexperienced. ..."
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