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Webster 1913 Edition

(kr?z)

Noun.

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A cooper’s tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks, etc.; also, the groove itself.

croze ‎(plural crozes)

A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of the head is fitted
A cooper's tool for making these grooves.