crut

See also: crût and CRUT

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

crut (plural cruts)

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

Verb

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

  1. (mining) To work as a crutter.
See also

Etymology 2

Compare French croûte (“crust”).

Noun

crut

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

Etymology 3

Noun

crut (plural cruts)

  1. (UK, dialect) A dwarf.

References

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

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French

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Verb

crut

  1. third-person singular past historic of croire

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