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   crone , n. [OD.  kronie, karonie, an old sheep, OF. carogne, F.  charogne, carrion (also F.  carogne ill-natured woman.). See Carrion, and Crony.]
   An old ewe. [Obs.]
   Tusser.
   
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   An old woman; -- usually in contempt.
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   But still the crone was constant to her note.
   Dryden.
   
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   An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. [R.]
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   The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him.
   W. Irving.
   
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   A few old battered crones of office.
   Beaconsfield.
   
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