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Definition of Crottles
1. n. pl. A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing.
Definition of Crottles
1. crottle [n] - See also: crottle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crottles
Literary usage of Crottles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"crottles, entitles, crumbs, broken pieces—Brocket ... and this may be the case
with crottles, the pellet-shaped dung of sheep, &c., which are also called ..."
2. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"[MTM] crottles. A name given by the lichen gatherers in Scotland to ... The word
crottles is not confined to Scotland, but is used In some parts of England. ..."
3. The Country Month by Month, by Jean Allan Owen, George Simonds Boulger (1902)
"Its large broadly-lobed olive-green body clings to the bark of oak or hazel,
whence in Ireland it has the popular name of Hazel-rag or Hazel-crottles. ..."
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