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Webster 1913 Edition

Crutch

Crutch

(krŭch; 224)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Crutches
(-ĕz)
.
[OE.
crucche
, AS.
crycc
,
cricc
; akin to D.
kruk
, G.
krücke
, Dan.
krykke
, Sw.
krycka
, and to E.
crook
. See
Crook
, and cf.
Cricket
a low stool.]
1.
A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.
I’ll lean upon one
crutch
, and fight with the other.
Shakespeare
Rhyme is a
crutch
that lifts the weak alone.
H. Smith.
2.
A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
3.
(Naut.)
(a)
A knee, or piece of knee timber
.
(b)
A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See
Crotch
.

Crutch

,
Verb.
T.
To support on crutches; to prop up.
[R.]
Two fools that
crutch
their feeble sense on verse.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crutch

CRUTCH

,
Noun.
[G.]
1.
A staff with a curving cross piece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame in walking.
2.
Figuratively, old age.

CRUTCH

,
Verb.
T.
To support on crutches; to prop or sustain, with miserable helps, that which is feeble.
Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse.

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