v. Obs. rare. Also 5 crowke. [Of uncertain origin; but perh. corresponding to Ger. dial. krauchen in same sense, which Hildebrand suggests to be:—*krúkan = kreukan (Ger. kriechen), like OLG. krúpan = kreupan, OE. créopan to creep. Cf. CROUCH v.1] intr. To bow, to make obeisance.
c. 1394. P. Pl. Crede, 751. Kniȝtes croukeþ hem to & crucheþ full lowe.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., 163. For I [Joseph] can nawthere crowke ne knele [sc. to the doctors in the Temple: Luke ii. 46].
Crouk, var. of CROOK v.2, to croak.
