v. Obs. Also crope. [Cf. CROUP.] intr. To croak.
c. 1500. Kennedy, Flyting w. Dunbar, 393. Cursit croapand craw.
1549. Compl. Scot., vi. 39. The ropeen of the rauynis gart the crans crope.
1593. B. Barnes, Parthenophil, in Arb., Garner, V. 481. Bulls bellow through the wood! Ravens croape!
1600. Abp. Abbot, Exp. Jonah, 471. He feedeth the young ravens who do cry or croape.
