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verb

Crouch v. t.

To sign with the cross; to bless. (Obs.)

To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear. "She folded her arms across her chest, And crouched her head upon her breast."

Crouch v. i. (past & past part. crouched; pres. part. crouching)

To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear. "Now crouch like a cur."

To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. "A crouching purpose." "Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor?"

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Etymology of 'Crouch'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crouch" Quotes from Famous Books

... scream that died down into deep groans told of the first casualty. Another shell, and then another, roared up and smashed into the soft ground behind the trench, hurting no one, but driving the whole line to crouch low ...

— Between the Lines • Boyd Cable

... of the night? - Night with pestilent breath Feeds us, children of death, Clothes us close with her gloom. Rapine and famine and fright Crouch at our feet and are fed. Earth where we pass is a tomb, Life ...

— Songs before Sunrise • Algernon Charles Swinburne

... difficulty. In Hamlet (act v. sc. i, in the second verse of the grave-digger's song) we hear, 'Hath claw'd me in his clutch. In the original song, which is here travestied, the words are, 'Hath claw'd me with his crouch'. ...

— Shakspere And Montaigne • Jacob Feis

... the fleeing monkey. As the latter neared the windfall Suma suddenly seemed to divine her intentions and sped on ahead, crossed the creeper-covered barrier and started up the tree the branches of which formed the far side of the aerial bridge. She had just time enough to crouch on the thick butt of a limb that overhung the passageway when the rustling of the leaves announced the arrival of Myla. A dark form emerged from the wall of trees opposite her and ran nimbly onto the swaying bridge. Suma waited with bated breath ...

— The Black Phantom • Leo Edward Miller

... bashful maiden's cheek appeared, For Douglas spoke and Malcolm heard. The flush of shame-faced joy to hide, The hounds, the hawk, her cares divide; The loved caresses of the maid 520 The dogs with crouch and whimper paid; And, at her whistle, on her hand The falcon took his favorite stand, Closed his dark wing, relaxed his eye, Nor, though unhooded, sought to fly. 525 And, trust, while in such guise she stood, Like ...

— Lady of the Lake • Sir Walter Scott

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