Obs. [Etymology obscure; but evidently closely akin to CRACON, and perh. to CRACK v. or F. craquer.] = CRACKLING 3.
c. 1325. Prose Psalter ci[i]. 4. My bones dried as craukes.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 101. Cracoke [error for crawke], relefe of molte talowe or grese (v.r. crauche [? craucke], crawke or crappe), cremium.
