DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUN 1. the cry or note of a raven (dialect) 2. a croaking; a prating (dialect) VERB 1. to croak; to make the harsh note of a raven or frog (dialect) 2. to grumble (dialect) 3. to prate, to gossip in a malicious way (dialect) 4. to crouch, to squat down; to sit huddled up in a slinking or crouching way (dialect) 5. to perch, to sit (dialect) 6. to lounge, to sit about gossiping (dialect) 7. to exult over with insult (dialect) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES echoic: cf. Icel. kr{uacu}nk the raven's cry ? 1790 - A Provincial Glossary; With a Collection of Local Proverbs etc., Francis Grose; "CRONK. The noise of a raven; also to prate. North." (for verb 6)
From: Lakeland Words A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases as used in Cumberland and Westmoreland By B. Kirkby, 1898 P. 36
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