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craw.

a rejected piece of slate, often used for building fences in quarrying regions of north Wales

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/kraːu̯/North-Wales/krau̯/South-Wales
  1. a rejected piece of slate, often used for building fences in quarrying regions of north Wales

    masculine
  2. a bad person, a bad lot

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From crawen (“crust, rind”), from Proto-Celtic *greup, from Proto-Indo-European *krus- (“crust”), see also Latin crusta (“crust”), Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “frost, icy cold”), κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal, ice”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀 (xruzdra, “hard”), Sanskrit क्रूड् (krūḍ, “thicken, make hard”).

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