From the crouse Collection.
"A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks""
Henry W. Shoemaker
Craske is an East Anglian word for fat, and crouse is used in the north for sprightly, confident.
"The Romance of Names"
Ernest Weekley
That sits and looks sae braw and crouse?
"New-Poems"
Stevenson, Robert Louis