a. [f. CROAK sb. or v. + -Y.]

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  1.  Characterized by croaking; given to croaking.

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1851.  Carlyle, Sterling, II. iv. His voice was croaky and shrill.

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1854.  Dickens, Lett. (ed. 2), I. 363. A croaky voice.

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  2.  Naut. (See quot.)

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c. 1850.  Rudim. Navig. (Weale), 112. Croaky. A term applied to plank when it curves or compasses much in short lengths.

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1867.  in Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk.

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