Definition of Crne
Crone (krōn), n. [OD.
kronie, karonie, an old sheep, OF. carogne,
F. charogne, carrion (also F. carogne illnatured
woman.). See Carrion, and Crony.]
1. An old ewe. [Obs.]
Tusser.
2. An old woman; -- usually in
contempt.
But still the crone was constant to her
note.
Dryden.
3. An old man; especially, a man who
talks and acts like an old woman. [R.]
The old crone [a negro man] lived in a
hovel, . . . which his master had given him.
W. Irving.
A few old battered crones of office.
Beaconsfield.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
CRONE. An old ewe whose teeth are worn out; figuratively,
a toothless old beldam.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
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