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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. countable, uncountable

   "First for a May-fly: you may make his body with greenish colored crewel or willowish color"

Verb

1. 1
   To make (embroidery) using the crewel method. transitive

Example

More examples

"First for a May-fly: you may make his body with greenish colored crewel or willowish color"

Etymology

Of unknown origin; earlier forms include crule, crewle, and croole.

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