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English
Noun
crile (plural criles)
- (Scotland) A small person or creature; a dwarf or runt.
1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:"And am I to meet my Mary at Moffat? Come away, little, dear, welcome body, thou blessed of heaven, come away, and taste of an auld shepherd's best cheer, and I'll gang foot for foot with you to Moffat, and my auld wife shall gang foot for foot with us too. I tell you, little, blessed, and welcome crile, come along with me."