'Cruth' definitions:
Definition of 'Cruth'
From: GCIDE
- Cruth \Cruth\ (kr?th), n. [W. crwth.] (Mus.) See 4th Crowd. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'cruth'
From: GCIDE
- Crowd \Crowd\, n. [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named from its shape, and akin to Gr. kyrto`s curved, and E. curve. Cf. Rote.] An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow. [Written also croud, crowth, cruth, and crwth.] [1913 Webster]
- A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]