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• a variation of crowd.

crwth

American  

[krooth] / kruθ /

noun

Music.

1. crowd.

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crwth British  

/ kruːθ /

noun

1. an ancient stringed instrument of Celtic origin similar to the cithara but bowed in later types

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Etymology

Origin of crwth

First recorded in 1830–40; from Welsh; cognate with Irish cruit “harp, lyre”

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Example Sentences

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crwth

I was in an agony of desire to see her or hear her crwth, and yet her approach might frighten Winifred to her destruction.

From Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton

I'm goin' to play on my crwth and sing the same song now.

From Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton

The bow is not mentioned by Fortunatus, and there is no ground whatever for believing that the Welsh crwth was played with a bow in the 6th century, or indeed for several centuries after.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

The Welsh crwth was therefore obviously not an exclusively Welsh instrument, but only a late 18th-century survival in Wales of an archaic instrument once generally popular in Europe but long obsolete.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

We remained for hours, beating about in all directions in search of her,—Sinti every now and then touching her crwth with the bow,—but without any result.

From Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton

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