54 SHEFFIELD GLOSSARY.
CRAVEN FIELD, in Ecclesall, anno 1817.
CRAW ROODS.
' Item, Craw roods (pasture and ara&) lying ' at Stannington. Harrison. There is a ' Crow lane ' at Unston, in Dronfield parish. The surname^ Craw- shaw occurs in the district. See Crowstone Edge. Perhaps Icel. krd, Dan. kro, a nook, corner. Cf. Cray, near Kettlewell, West Riding.
CRAY, sb. the crop of a fowl.
CREAKER, sb. a watchman's wooden rattle.
CREAKER, sb. a cricket.
CREAMS HILL, in Dore. See CrimsalL
CREOLE, sb. a cradle. M.E. credeL
CREE, v. to soften by boiling, to parboil.
CREEL, sb.
' A light frame-work placed overhead in the kitchen or other room of an ordinary farm-house, on which oatcakes are placed.' Hunter's MS.
CREEP-HEDGE, sb.
I have heard this word in the following riddle as the name of the hare: ' Creep-hedge, crop-thorn, Little cow with leather horn.' The answer to the riddle is 'a hare.'
CREEP OUT, v. to lengthen.
When days lengthen they are said to creep out. See LOOK OUT.
CRESWICKE MOOR, in Ecclesfield. Harrison.
Apparently the same as Cressville in Eastwood's Ecdesfidd, p. 124. 'Johannes de CroswickJ in Poll Tax Returns for Sheffield, 1379, p. 41.
CREW, sb. A hen-crew is a coop or cage for hens.
CRIB, sb. a rack in the middle of a farm-yard containing straw for cattle to eat.
CRICKET, sb. a low stool for children to sit on. CRIMBLES, a field in Norton Parish.
CRIMEKER.
' A close of pasture called Oakney lying between Crimeker lane, &c. ' Harrison. It is at Fulwood, and is now called Crimicar lane. There is a place called Crimicar at Fullwood. See the next word. Perhaps Icel. krim, sod, grime, and akr, an acre; the probable equivalent of Blackacre. Cf. Crimesworth Dean, Halifax.
CRIMSAL, in Ecclesfield.
' Ralph and Henry Smyth holdeth at will Crimsall, a part of Dickfield, Bright field and a garden.' Harrison. See GRIMSELLS. There is a field called Creams hill in Dore. Cf. Icel. krim, sod, grime.
