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Crukit, Cruikit, ppl. a. Also: crwkit, crukyt, -et, -ed, crukkit, cruckatt; kruikit, cruiket, -ed; creukit; crewkit, -ed; crowkyt, croukit; crokit, -ed; crooked. [ME. croked (a 1225), -id, -yd, etc., f. croke Cruke n. or v.]

1. Bent, curved, crooked: a. Of pieces of land, stretches of water, etc. (Cf. Cruke n. 4, 5.) a 1325 Liber Calchou 362.
Usque apud le Croked faulch 1411 Antiq. Aberd. & Banff III. 95.
Integras terras … de Crukitfurde 1463 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 286.
Prope ly crukyt myre ex parte boriali Ib.
Vsque ad ly crowkyt myre versus occidens 1476 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 101.
His half fisching of the Crukyt Fuyrd on the wattyr of Ythane 1513 Doug. xi. x. 83.
Thar lay a valle in a crukyt glen 1514 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 92.
Thair salbe warnyt … in the crukit quarter Duncane Colisone, … in the evin quarter, Iohne Colisone 1550 Reg. Great S. 121/1.
Lie cowbill-drauchtis nuncupatis Crukitschottis et Spittellschottis super aqua de Clyde 1644 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 18.
The ewin quarter [of the town], the cruikit quarter [etc.]

b. Of miscellaneous articles or things.(a) a1500 Colk. Sow 239.
Off two ran crukit hornis Thair baner on a birk born is 1508 Treas. Acc. IV. 25.
Ane crukit baslar of the Turk fasoun 1513 Doug. i. vii. 128.
With crukit scheildis schapyn like the moyn Ib. iii. iv. 48; etc.
Thai birdis, … in thar crukyt clawis grippis the pray a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvii. 56.
Than cumis conscience with crukit staf in hand(b) 1561–3 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 392.
The uther burdis that wes gottine … wer crewkit 1563 Davidson Answer 196.
As ane evin reule … is a witnes to the thing that is cruikit that it is cruikit 1576 Crim. Trials I. 54.
The Lady Kilbowye … desyrit to se gif sche culd mak hir ony help for hir leg, that was cruikit 1583 Dundee Shipping L. 210.
Tua hundreth cruiket tymmer 1588 Ib. 215.
xviij dousone of garronis & xx peic of croukit tymir

c. In figurative uses. c1420 Ratis R. 10/299.]
[Payne thé nocht al crukyt to redres a1500 Henr. Fab. 2315.
Seis thow not … giftis garris crukit materis hald full euin? a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 165.
Of a bud the bitter abusioun Sall gar a crukit caus wele clokit be Ib. 591.
He makis bot a crukit correctioun 1560 Rolland Seven S. 2229.
The crukit comparisouns of ȝour wylde bair Will win ȝow na warisounis 1573 Sat. P. xxxix. 182.
Ane cruikit ethnik, and ane crewall tod 1620 Crim. Trials III. 486.
Resolveing to rwn heidlongis in all godles and cruiket courses

2. Of persons: Bent or bowed in body or limb; deformed, lame.(a) 14.. Acts l. *91/2.
Giff ony of our brether … fall crukyt or pure … he salbe releyffyt a1500 Prestis of Peblis 154.
The deif men heryng, the crukit get thar feit 1503 Ib. II. 251/1.
That thai thoill nane to beg … except crukit folk, blind folk, impotent folk, and waik folk 1504–5 Treas. Acc. III. 130.
To the crukit vicar of Drumfreis, be the Kingis command c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlvi. 38.
Agane the law of kynd thow gois expres, That crukit aige makis on with ȝewth serene c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matt. xi. 5.
Blind men seis, crukit men gangis Ib. xviii. 8.
To entir into lijf febile outhir crukit 1535 Stewart 44579–80.
How ane man of gude had ane dochter that … wes crukit, deif, dum and blind 1538 Lynd. Justing 15.
He was ane nobill leche, Crukit carlingis he wald gar thame get speche a1568 Bann. MS. 28 a/35.
Crukit, and blynd declarit his micht a1578 Pitsc. I. 9/5.
The cruckatt Hum and the glyed Hepburne Ib. 268 n.
Ane cruked carll in ane chariott(b) 1535 Stewart 19057.
Richt cruikit men war waldin maid and wycht Ib. 57138.
Cruikit he wes, vnfeire of his cors 1558 (c 1650) Dundee B. Laws 17.
That … nan of them be suffered to begg except they … be auld, cruikit, laim or debilitatit be great seeknes 1570 Sat. P. xvi. 7.
The cruikit leidis the blinde a1570-86 Maitl. F. lxxvii. 3.
Cruikit in eild, syn halt with all a1578 Pitsc. I. 268/7.
Ane auld cruikit cairll land in ane charieot a1605 Montg. Flyt. 327 (T).
Baith kruikit and crampit, and chitterit to the chin (c) c1520-c1535 Nisbet Luke xiii. 11.
A woman that … was creukit, and nouthir mycht ony maner luke vpwart 1597 Melvill 438.
The dark and variable warld Sall … mak hir pastors crewked, blind, and thral'd

3. Of a horse: Lame. (Cf. Cruke n. 6.).(a) c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxiv. 12.
Rycht so the meir forsaikis tlve cursour, And takis a crukit [M. crwkit] aver and a dour 1515 Treas. Acc. V. 39.
[Of] thair awne hors sum wes slane, sum wes bursyn, sum crukkit a1568 Bann. MS. 137 b/45.
Ane crukit gloyd fell our ane huch 1575 Edinb. Test. III. 464 b.
Ane auld quhite & ane broun crukit hors a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. cx. 39.
Thai that had gude hors and geir Hes skantlie now ane crukit meir(b) 1591 Edinb. Test. XXII. 292 b.
Ane cruikit gray basoun naig 1606 Dunblane Test. III. 104 b.
Ane cruikit mear withe ane foll 1611 Ib. 136.
Twa meiris … , the ane thairof of nyne ȝeir auld crokit 1624 Lanark Test. II. 269.
Ane auld cruikit naig(c) 1659 Melrose R. Rec. I. 235.
The horse being crooked in the hinder legis 1667 Highland P. II. 16.
He answered that thar was a crooked aver on quhich the ladie stood 1673 Corshill Baron Ct. 107.
For cureing of ane horse crooked 1678 Cunningham Diary 16.
The black horse … having fallen crooked in my hand I sold him

4. adv. Crookedly. 1549 Compl. 159/27.
The ȝong partan vald nocht gang euyn furtht, bot rather sche ȝeid crukit, bakuart, and on syd