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Definition of Crome
1. Noun. (UK East Anglia) A garden or agricultural implement with 3 or 4 tines bent at right angles, in appearance like a garden fork with bent prongs. Used for breaking up soil, clearing ditches, raking up shellfish on beaches, and similar tasks. ¹
2. Verb. (UK East Anglia) To use a crome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crome
1. to draw by a crook [v CROMED, CROMING, CROMES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crome
Literary usage of Crome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Portfolio: Monographs on Artistic Subjects by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1897)
"He had not known crome during his youth and early struggles, and consequently
... This admiration for Turner shows how alive crome was to new influences. ..."
2. Catalogue by British Art The London National Gallery, John D. Barrow Art Gallery, Tate Gallery, Skaneateles Library Association (1908)
"A. by 2 ft. 3J in. w. Bequeathed by Mr. Henry Vaughan in 1900. crome ...
John crome, commonly called Old crome, to distinguish him from younger painters of ..."
3. Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain: From the by Mary Anne Everett Green (1846)
"The Dr. crome here named was the same who, although at one time one of the court
... Newcourt c names Edward crome as rector of St. Mary's, Aldermary, ..."
4. History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction by Richard Watson Dixon (1891)
"A multitude filled the church; an enormous concourse flocked the streets, through
which were led into the presence of their judges, on January 28, crome, ..."
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