Croggan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Croggan is a noun meaning (Cornwall) A limpet shell.
Meaning
(Cornwall) A limpet shell.
More Meanings
- (Scotland) A clay urn made by hand in the Outer Hebrides.
Example Sentences
He had sent the ground officer with a "croggan of tar" with which he marked the ears of all the stock.
In the Western Isles a native tradition of building pots, known as croggans, by hand, survived into the 20th century.
Conjurors and parsons were brought in, who for a time bound the troublesome ghost to emptying Dozmary Pool on Bodmin with a "croggan" or limpet shell.
Then she saw Tom sitting on the chimney-stool, and his wife taking on the tip of her finger from a croggan (limpet-shell) what appeared to be salve, which she rubbed over her husband's eyes.
Word Forms
- croggans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cockle, cowrie, limpet, tanrogan, crabshell, cockleshell.
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