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CRUTCHED
Verb
crutched
simple past tense and past participle of crutch
Adjective
crutched (not comparable)
Supported upon crutches.
Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.
a crutched friar
Source: Wiktionary
Crutched (krcht), a.
1. Supported upon crutches.
2. Etym: [See Crouch, v. t., and Crouched, a. ]
Definition: Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and crouched friar.
CRUTCH
Crutch (krch; 224), n.; pl. Crutches (-. Etym: [OE. cruche, AS. crycc, cricc; akin to D. kruk, G. kr, Dan. krykke, Sw. krycka, and to E. crook. See Crook, and cf. Cricket a low stool.]
1. A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking. I'll lean upon one crutch, and fight with the other. Shak. Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak alone. H. Smith.
2. A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
3. (Naut.) (a) A knee, or piece of knee timber. (b) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.
Crutch, v. t.
Definition: To support on crutches; to prop up. [R.] Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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