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crottles

crottles is the plural of crottle.

Meaning of crottle

Noun

crottle (plural crottles)

  1. (orignally Scotland) Any of various lichens gathered for dyeing, especially those of the genus Parmelia.
    • It was known and uſed as a dye-ſtuff in the Highlands of Scotland by the name of corkes or crottel, ſome hundred years ago.1791, John Sinclair, The Statistical Account of Scotland, volume 12, page 113
    Synonyms:
    stone-rag

Questions about crottles

What is crottles the plural of?
Crottles is the plural of crottle.

Words near crottles in the dictionary

  1. crottin
  2. crottins
  3. crottle
  4. crottled greep
  5. crottled greeps
  6. crottles
  7. Crotty
  8. Crottys
  9. crotyl
  10. crotylation
  11. crotylations

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