01 n. An old ewe.
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1.
An old ewe.[Obs.]
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2.
An old woman; -- usually in contempt.“But still the crone was constant to her note.” — Dryden.
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3.
An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman.[R.]“The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him.” — W. Irving.“A few old battered crones of office.” — Beaconsfield.