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English Dictionary: cruth by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.]
  
               A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little.
                                                                              --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cruth \Cruth\ (kr?th), n. [W. crwth.] (Mus.)
      See 4th {Crowd}.
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