Definition of Cruves

1. cruve [n] - See also: cruve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cruves

crustquakes
crusts
crusty
crusy
crut
crutch
crutch palsy
crutch paralysis
crutched
crutches
crutching
crutchlike
crutter
crutters
cruve
cruves (current term)
crux
crux gammata
crux of heart
crux of the matter
crux simplex
cruxes
cruzado
cruzadoes
cruzados
cruzeiro
cruzeiros
crwth
crwths
cry

Literary usage of Cruves

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: From the Reign of by William Alexander (1841)
"Anent the destruction of cruves and Zaires, ... and lieges their- of, be having and keeping of cruves and zaires, ... of the saidis cruves and zaires, ..."

2. Selections from the Judicial Records of Renfrewshire: Illustrative of the by William Hector (1876)
"... with the Kilns, fish cruves upon the water of Kert, Houses, ... Kilns, fish cruves, and haill remanant houses upon the sd Lands in a Constant, good, ..."

3. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1828)
"... that they that hes cruves in fresh Waters, gar keip the Lawes anent Satter- daies Slop, and suffer them not to stand in forbidden Time ; and that ilk ..."

4. A Practical View of the Statute Law of Scotland: From the Year MCCCCXXIV, to by James Watson, Esq James Watson (1828)
"... day of March nixt to-cum, put doun, and hald doun the saidis cruves and zaires, conforme to the saidis actes, and under the paines conteined therein; ..."

5. Cases Decided in the House of Lords: On Appeal from the Courts of Scotland by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Sydney Smith Bell (1843)
"After confirming the Act of James IV., it proceeds to direct " that all cruves and zaires that are set of late upon sand " and shoals far within the water ..."

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