Resembling a croaker (fish).

plural of tide surveyor

(historical) An Ancient Greek rhetorical tendency that arose in the third century BC, favouring emotion, bombast and wordplay over austere formality, and distinguished by the use of a prose rhythm.

(obsolete) To designate as by an ensign. / To distinguish by a mark or ornament. / (heraldry) To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.