CROWD (4)

Crowd, n. [[W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named from its shape, and akin to Gr. κυρτόσ curved, and E. curve. Cf. Rote.]] 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.