n o pl. croicne (exceptionally -ind, TTebe 2671 , Ériu i 44.5 ). hide, skin : croicend .i. croc-find . . . Nō croicend .i. cróch cech nderg, Corm. Y 242 . crocenn gl. tergus, Sg. 111b4 . ainm in chrocainn imbí bilis gl. fellis, 95a1 . dénid téig duib don crocund sa, Trip.² 809 . croicni allta `Felle von wilden Tieren', ZCP xx 138.34 . tathaid a croicni im na sciathaib, Laws v 106.12 Comm. de chrocnib én find, LL 23314 . saigedbolc . . . do craicciund linci, TTebe 1552 . croicni roin, IT ii2 104.y . foel i craicend choerech, LB 226 marg. inf. geall re sionnach a chroiceann (prov.), O'R. Poems 2140 . a ccadhal croicenn do chor im shiothslataibh slimrighne. AFM vi 2314.10 . croicinn madra allaid gl. haec edibulta (Lat. wd. obscure), Ir. Gl. 275 . in crocunn órda the Golden Fleece, TTr.² 7 .

Of bark of trees, husk of nuts etc.: dair . . . cen rúsc, cen duille, cen croicenn, CCath. 340 . do chroicnuibh na ccrand, BNnÉ 113.26 . oc bein a chrocind don uball, LB 143a56 . an croicenn bís ima nutmic ` husk ', Maund. 159 .

Of persons: i mmédon a chrocind, LU 6446 (TBC). ní roibhe acht a chracann a[c] lenmain a chnám he was only skin and bone, SG 22.3 . cona farcaib féoil na crocand fair, LL 37107 . do bhláth craobh a croicinnse `body', O'Hara 3284 (see n.).

In n. loc. i nGlend in croccind, RC xvii 214.25 (Tig.).