Cruth n.  Mus. See 4th Crowd.
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  Crowd, n.  An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow. [Written also croud, crowth, cruth, and crwth.]
     A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little.   --B. Jonson.