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Webster 1913 Edition
crone
crone
(krōn)
, Noun.
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 1828 Edition
Crone
CRONE
,Noun.
1.
An old woman.2.
An old ewe.