the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. See crowd, a violin.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An obsolete form of crowd.
n. The crypt of a church.
Word Usage
"Mr Walker had a real fine transparency, and his house a croud of green and blossoms, — Mr Gay several transparencies of his own painting, and his House shaded by Oak-limbs planted in the street."