(Ireland, colloquial) admonishment or condemnation from the clergy.

plural of crozier

A cooper's tool, consisting of a tanged iron band with folded-back wings, which hold the tanged irregularly dented blade, secured by a wooden wedge pressed between the tangs. / Iron from a croze.

Alternative spelling of crosier

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crozzle

present participle of crozzle

plural of croziered abbot

(archaic, British slang) A brothel bully; a man employed by a brothel as the equivalent of bouncer; a bodyguard for prostitutes.

A brick deformed by excessive heating during its manufacture. / Hardened slag from a cementation furnace. / A form of non-carbonaceous shale found between coal deposits.

To shrink or shrivel from exposure to heat.