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n. [ OE. rocer, croser, croyser, fr. croce crosier, OF. croce, croche, F. crosse, fr. LL. crocea, crocia, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F. croc hook; akin to E. crook. ] The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The true shape of the crosier was with a hooked or curved top; the archbishop's staff alone bore a cross instead of a crook, and was of exceptional, not of regular form. Skeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing a crosier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. Indiana; -- a nickname of obscure origin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The business of a hosier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of osiers; composed of, or containing, osiers. “This osier cage of ours.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. osier: cf. Prov. F. oisis, Armor. ozil, aozil, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, &unr_;, L. vitex, and E. withy. ] (Bot.) (a) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow. (b) One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Osier bed, or
Osier holt, a place where willows are grown for basket making. [ Eng. ] --
Red osier. (a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs (Salix rubra). (b) An American shrub (Cornus stolonifera) which has slender red branches; -- also called osier cornel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered or adorned with osiers; as, osiered banks. [ Poetic ] Collins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An osier bed. [ 1913 Webster ]