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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crowd \Crowd\, n. [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named
     from its shape, and akin to Gr. kyrto`s curved, and E. curve.
     Cf. {Rote}.]
     An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of
     violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played
     with a bow. [Written also {croud}, {crowth}, {cruth}, and


     {crwth}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little.
                                                    --B. Jonson.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crowth \Crowth\ (krouth), n.
     An ancient musical instrument. See 4th {Crowd}.
     [1913 Webster]

















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