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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CRAZE, Crase, Craise, Craize, v. and n. [kre:z]

1. v.

(1) tr. Of limbs: to render infirm through injury or age. Obs. or arch. in Eng. (N.E.D.); usu. in ppl.adj. crased, craist.Lnk. a.1832 W. Watt Poems (1860) 94:
And sair-craist banes fill'd mony skins, To close the Tinklers' Weddin', O.
Ayr. 1786 Burns Twa Dogs ll. 193–194:
They've nae sair-wark to craze their banes, And fill auld-age wi' grips an' granes.
w.Dmf. 1908 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo (1912) i.:
No' for auld dune bodies like him wi' gaspin' breaths, crased banes, and sluggish bluid.

(2) intr. †(a) (see quot.): (b) to make a creaking noise; ppl.adj. crazin'.(a) Cld., Rxb. 1825 Jam.2:
One is said to craize, who, when sitting on a chair, moves it backwards and forwards, with the whole weight on the hinder feet of it.
(b) Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.:
His new, crazin' shuin.

2. n. †(1) A crack; fig. a blow.Sth. 1708 in C. D. Bentinck Dornoch Cath. and Par. (1926) 253:
It [the fabric] is altogether decayed . . . with crazes in the walls.
Edb. 1798 D. Crawford Poems 23:
His skull for that should get a craise, In a short time.
Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) ix.:
An old chair, the bottom of which had gone down . . . and which for some craze about it had been put out of the way.

(2) “A degree of wrong-headedness, craziness” (Sc. 1825 Jam.2).Sc.(E) 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 24:
His dad was cleekit in a craze, But mindfu' o' his ain daft days, Brawly he kent the laddie's maze.

†(3) “Dotage, foolish fondness” (Abd. 1825 Jam.2).

[O.Sc. has crasit, cr(e)ased, etc., pa.p. and ppl.adj., in sense of (1) broken, damaged, materially impaired, 1530, (2) of persons, broken down in health, infirm, 1545 (D.O.S.T.). The earliest meaning of craze in Eng. is to break, and with this meaning it occurs in Chaucer.]

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"Craze v., n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 29 Mar 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/craze>

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