10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROPFULL»
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1
The Works of Walter Savage Landor
Lot poets be cropfull of jealousy ; let them only sing well; that is enough for me.
Smrllwy. I think you are wrong in your supposition, that the poet and the man are
usually dissimilar. Porson. There is a race of poets; not however the race of
Homer ...
Walter Savage Landor, 1853
2
A New and Improved Standard French and English and English ...
croup (anginc du larynx), m. CROP krop. s. jabot, m. recolte, /. CROP, va. £courter
; couper; brouter; cueillir. CROP- EAR, ». cheval essorillu, bretaudd, m.
CROPFULL krop'ful, adj. gorge, ivre. CROPPER krop'piir, s. pigeon a, grosse
gorge, m.
Alexander G. Collot, 1856
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A general Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the ...
Bent, winding, perverse. Crop, kròp, í. A produces the cran osa bird. Crop, krip,
v. a. To cut short ; to mow, to reap. Cropfull, kròpíful, a. Satiated, with a fui! belly.
Cropsick, kròp'slk, a. Sìck through excess and debauchery. Crosier, kro-zhy-er, s.
Stephen Jones, Thomas Sheridan, 1812
Inthe verysilence with which she pulled out a chair andsat down, her eyes staring
, her mouth working a little,they allrecognized aperson cropfull ofnews, and her
husband's “What'sthe matter, Vi?” came naturally, asall eyes turned toward her.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 2013
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A dictionary of the English language, greatly improved
... a. bent; winding; perverse Crop, crop, n. produce of the harvest; the craw of a
bird—v. to cut short; to mow ; to reap Cropfull, crop'full', a. satiated; with a full belly
Cropsick, crop'sick', a. sick, or indisposed, from a surcharged stomach Crosier, ...
George FULTON (and KNIGHT (George)), 1833
6
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
... of thebody. Cf.Gk. βρφος; Brugmann, i. §421 (7). β. Also in the Celticlanguages
; W. cropa, the crop, or crawofa bird (from E.); Gael. and Irish sgroban, the crop of
abird. Der. cropfull, Milton, L'Allegro, 113; crop, verb; crop out, verb, i.e. tobunch ...
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The Perennial Calendar,and Companion to the Almanack: ...
... threshed the Corn That ten day labourers could not end ; Then lays him down
the lubbar fiend, And stretched out all the chimney's length Basks at the fire his
hairy strength, And cropfull, out of doors he flings, Ere the first Cock his matin
rings.
... ser 28.25 crowA ] ser; ~, Ai 28.29 Oh* . . . how ] Ai; -, . . . How ser 29.3 Lucille, ]
Ai; -A ser 29.4 hand; . . . World, ] Ai; ~, . 29.9 again, ] Ai; -A ser 29.10 "With ] Ai; If-
ser 29.19 cropful ] Ai; cropfull ser 137.14 way, ] Ai; ~A ser 138.3 lightnessA ] ser; ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L. W. West, III, 2002
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A dictionary of the English language: both with regard to ...
... a crooked stick- Crook, krd'k. v. (j. .to bend, to pervert. Crooked, kr&k' -Id. a. .
bent, winding, perverse. Cropfull ...
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the ...
CROOKEDNESS, krook ed-nes, Deviation from straightness, curvity ; deformity of
a gibbous body. CROP, krop, s. The craw of a bird. CROPFULL, krop'ful,a.
Satiated with a full belly. CROPSICK, krop'sik, a. Sick with excess and
debauchery.
