crow

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting…

   A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.

   • Gaslark in his splendour on the golden stairs saying adieu to those three captains and their matchless armament foredoomed to dogs and crows on Salapanta Hills.
2. 2

   Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

3. 3

   A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw

   A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

   • He approached the humble tomb in which Antonia reposed. He had provided himself with an iron crow and a pick-axe: but this precaution was unnecessary.
   • Watt might have broken the door down, with an axe, or a crow, or a small charge of explosive, but this might have aroused Erskine's suspicions, and Watt did not want that.
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   1. 4

      Someone who keeps watch while their associates commit a crime

      Someone who keeps watch while their associates commit a crime; a lookout.

      • “Ay,” put in a young man, who had the reputation of being the smartest “crow” in London—“‘fishers of men,’ as the parson says.”
      • By nine o'clock on the evening of November 12, 1854, Pierce had his confederates in their places. The crow, Agar's woman, lounged across the street from the Trent mansion.
   2. 5

      A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.

   3. 6

      The mesentery of an animal.

   4. 7

      An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird

      An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.

      • But it helps a man along to have a wife he can be proud of. Suppose you marry some old crow. People point at her and ask, 'Who is that death's head yonder?'
      • (Mrs. Meany to Woody, from a window) "I don't care! I'm not running a pet shop." "Well it looks like one with an old crow in the window!"
   5. 8

      A black person.

   6. 9

      The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.

      • A young petty officer that must have just received his “crow” (a single chevron, with an eagle over it) was showing off to several seamen.
      • The young man had been threatened with loss of his third class rank, his “crow,” the eagle in a petty officer's sleeve insignia.
   7. 10

      Dark black, the color of a crow

      Dark black, the color of a crow; crow-black.

      • "Though her crow hair is lovely and wavy, she loathes it and craves yellow locks. Since she saw Hugh, she's given me no peace.” Sheffield's square , good-looking face shaped a grimace.
   8. 11

      To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster

      To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.

      • This is the Cock that crowed in the Morn[.]
      • 'You are that Psyche' Cyril said again / 'The mother of the sweetest little maid, / That ever crow'd for kisses.'
   9. 12

      To shout in exultation or defiance

      To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

      • He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards.
      • Touting its sponsorship of local engineering and sustainability programs, Amazon crows about such “investments” as its dog park, playing fields, art installations, and Buckyball-reminiscent domical gardens.
      • Another of my favorite dishes, the Asian chicken salad, was inspired by a skit by comedian Margaret Cho (“This is not the salad of my people…” she crows).
   10. 13

       To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and…

       To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.

   11. 14

       The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.

   12. 15

       Alternative spelling of cro (“marijuana”).

       • My young boys hop out the ride in a crop yard searching, tryna find this crow
   13. 16

       A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.

   14. 17

       The Siouan language of this tribe.

   15. 18

       A surname.

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