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Webster 1828 Edition


Cravent

CRAVEN

, CRAVENT, CRAVANT,
Noun.
1.
A word of obloquy, used formerly by one vanquished in trial by battle, and yielding to the conqueror. Hence, a recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted spiritless fellow.
2.
A vanquished, dispirited cock.