crow : Idioms & Phrases

• noun common crow of North America
  Corvus brachyrhyncos.
  

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• adverb by the shortest and most direct route
  
  • it's 10 miles as the crow flies

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• in a direct line.

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• noun American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
  black vulture; Coragyps atratus.
  

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• the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.

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• the carrion crow. Scot.

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• noun long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
  grackle.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an American bird (Quiscalus quiscula); called also purple grackle.

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• noun any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
  unicorn root; colic root; star grass; colicroot.
  

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• noun pungent Old World wild onion
  false garlic; stag's garlic; wild garlic; Allium vineale; field garlic.
  

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• noun common coucal of India and China
  Centropus sinensis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.

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• (Zoöl.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.

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• noun (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall
  corbiestep; corbie-step; corbel step.
  

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• noun a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes
  laugh line; crow's feet.
  

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• noun a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes
  laugh line; crow's feet.
  
• noun large tree of Australasia
  silky elm; booyong; brown oak; red beech; Terrietia trifoliolata; stave wood; Heritiera trifoliolata.
  

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• noun platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast
  

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Crow's"-foot` noun

Wordforms

plural Crow's-feet

Definitions

1. pl. The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. Tennyson.
2. (Mil.) A caltrop. Written also crowfoot.
3. (Arch.) Same as Bird's-mouth. U.S.

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Crow's-nest` noun

Definitions

1. (Naut.) A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.

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• noun an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows
  crowbait.
  

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Crow"-quill` noun

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1. A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.

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Crow"-silk` noun

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).

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• adjective satellite having the approximate size of a crow
  

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Crow"-trod`den adjective

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1. Marked with crow's-feet, or wrinkles, about the eyes. Poetic

   Do I look as if I were crow-trodden? Beau. & FL.

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• (Zoöl.), the hooded crow; so called from its color; also called hoody, and hoddy.

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• (Zoöl.), a species of crow (Corvus ossifragus), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish.

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• a European crow (Corvus cornix); called also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.

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• noun barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites
  colour bar; colour line; color line; color bar.
  
• noun a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails
  

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Jim"-crow` noun

Definitions

(Mach.)

1. A machine for bending or straightening rails.
2. A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A black drongo shrike (Buchanga atra) of India; so called because, while breeding, they attack and drive away hawks, crows, and other large birds . (b) The Dicrurus macrocercus of India, a crested bird with a long, forked tail. Its color is black, with green and blue reflections. Called also devil bird.

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Mid"den crow"

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1. (Zoöl.) The common European crow. Prov. Eng.

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• (Zoöl.), the pewit, or laughing gull. Prov. Eng.

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• a bird that cries in the night.

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• noun crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged
  Gymnorhina tibicen; piping crow.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any Australian bird of the genus Gymnorhina, esp. G. tibicen, which is black and white, and the size of a small crow. Called also caruck.

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• noun crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged
  Gymnorhina tibicen; piping crow.
  

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• . See Crough.

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Roys"ton crow`

Etymology

So called from Royston, a town in England.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) See Hooded crow, under Hooded.

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• (Zoöl.), the hooded crow. Ireland

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Sea" crow`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The chough. Ireland (b) The cormorant. (c) The blackheaded pewit, and other gulls. (d) The skua. (e) The razorbill. Orkney Islands (f) The coot.

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• to exult over a vanquished antagonist.

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• to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one).

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Old World crows belonging to Crypsirhina and allied genera, intermediate between the true crows and the jays. The tail is long, and the bill is curved and without a tooth.

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Wa"ter crow`

Etymology

So called in allusion to its dark plumage.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The dipper. (b) The European coot.

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