American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1

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Author: Noah Webster

Crouch

CROUCH, v.i. [G., to creep, to stoop, to cringe.]

1. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground; as an animal. A dog crouches to his master; a lion crouches in the thicket.

2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.

Every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of bread. 1 Sam 2.

CROUCH, v.t. [See Cross.] To sign with the cross; to bless. [Not in use.]

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Crouch," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 26, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=48P7DH3NJRV5PSP.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Crouch." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 26 Jul. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=48P7DH3NJRV5PSP.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Crouch' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 26 July 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=48P7DH3NJRV5PSP.