crow's foot

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A small wrinkle in the corner of an eye, emblematic of aging.

   • You must get a brown gown, and a white apron, and a mob cap, and we must make you a few wrinkles, and a little of the crowsfoot at the corner of your eyes, and you will be a very proper, little old woman.
   • The Food and Drug Administration says it's an effective temporary treatment for crow's feet, the wrinkles that form next to aging eyes.
2. 2

   A triangular embroidery stitch.

3. 3

   A symbol, resembling a bisected equilateral triangle, used in database diagrams to…

   A symbol, resembling a bisected equilateral triangle, used in database diagrams to indicate plurality.

   • The crow's-foot notation similarly represents relationships.
   • Each crow's foot in your ER diagram indicates the need for a foreign key.
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   1. 4

      A number of lines rove through a long wooden block, supporting the backbone of an awning…

      A number of lines rove through a long wooden block, supporting the backbone of an awning horizontally.

   2. 5

      A caltrop.

   3. 6

      A device for supporting a tripod to prevent the legs from slipping.

      • My foreman with his faked assistant had littered the place with all my apparatus, my bellbox, my crowsfoot, the V-drills, the rods, and the weight, but Malone insisted that we disregard all that and descend ourselves to the lowest level.
   4. 7

      Certain flowering plants

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