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crwth

  [krooth]
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–noun Music.
crowd 2 .
Origin:
1830–40; < Welsh; c. Ir cruit harp, lyre

crowd

2  [kroud]
–noun
an ancient Celtic musical instrument with the strings stretched over a rectangular frame, played with a bow.
Also, crwth.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME crowd(e), var. of crouth < Welsh crwth crwth
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crowd 2   (kroud, krōōd)   
n.  

  1. An ancient Celtic stringed instrument that was bowed or plucked. Also called crwth.

  2. Chiefly British A fiddle.


[Middle English croud, from Middle Welsh crwth.]
crwth   (krōōth)   
n.  See crowd2.

[Welsh, from Middle Welsh.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
crowd

  1. tv.
    to pressure or threaten someone. : Frank began to crowd Sam, which was the wrong thing to do.
  2. tv.
    to gang up on someone. : They moved in from all sides, carrying clubs, and began to crowd us.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

crowd 
O.E. crudan "to press, crush." The noun is first attested 1567; the earlier word was press.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

crowd

Members on the floor of an exchange who are clustered around a pit or a specialist's post waiting to execute trades. See also foreign crowd.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Encyclopedia

crwth

bowed Welsh lyre played from the European Middle Ages to about 1800. It was about the size of a violin. Though originally plucked, it was played with a bow from the 11th century, and a fingerboard was added behind the strings in the last part of the 13th century.

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