croud

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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}.]
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         A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little.
                                                  --B. Jonson.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Croud \Croud\ (kroud), n. (Mus.)
   See {Crowd}, a violin.
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