Obs. Also croud. [f. CROWD sb.1] intr. To play the crowd; to fiddle.
1589. Peele, Eclogue, 21. Thou art too crank, and crowdest all too high.
1599. Middleton & Rowley, Old Law, V. i. Fiddlers, crowd on, crowd on.
1693. Southerne, Maid’s last Prayer, iv. iii. The Knight crowds most splendidly.
