Obs. [f. the sb.] trans. To pick out and reject (the old sheep) from a flock. Also transf.
1461. Marg. Paston, in Paston Lett., No. 429, II. 74. It is time to crone your old officers.
1552. Huloet, Crone out olde sheape, adarias pascere, uel reijcere, reieculas carpere.
1573. Tusser, Husb. (1878), 127. Now crone your sheepe, fat those ye keepe.
