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Crow
·vi The cry of the cock. ·see Crow, ·vi, 1.
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to crow
To brag, boast, or triumph. To crow over any one; to keep him in subjection: an image drawn from a c...
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crow
n.
common English bird-name. TheAustralian species is – – White-eyed, Corvus coronoidesV. and H. In...
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crow
a crib for a calf. Lane. Called a KID-CROW in Cheshire.
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crow
, or crow-bar.
An iron lever furnished with a sharp point at one end, and two claws on a slight be...
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Shell
·noun A <<Pod>>.
II. Shell ·vi To fall off, as a shell, crust, ·etc.
III. Shell ·add. ·noun A goug...
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shell
In artillery, a hollow iron shot containing explosive materials, whether spherical, elongated, eccen...
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Crow-quill
·noun A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.
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Crow-silk
·noun A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzi...
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Crow-trodden
·adj Marked with crow's-feet, or wrinkles, about the eyes.
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Jim Crow
·add. ·- A negro;
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Jim-crow
·noun A machine for bending or straightening rails.
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Midden crow
·- The common European crow.
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Royston crow
·- ·see Hooded crow, under <<Hooded>>.
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Sea crow
·- The <<Skua>>.
II. Sea crow ·- The <<Coot>>.
III. Sea crow ·- The <<Chough>>.
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Water crow
·- The European coot.
II. Water crow ·- The <<Dipper>>.
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Crow Court
Opposite Christ Church, in Farringdon Ward Within. Out of Butcher Hall Lane (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii...
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crow fair
A visitation of the clergy.
See REVIEW OF THE BLACK CUIRASSIERS.
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split crow
The sign of the spread eagle, which being represented with two heads on one neck, gives it somewhat ...
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crow-shrike
n.
Australian amalgamation of twocommon English bird-names. The Crow-shrikes are ofthree genera, St...
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piping-crow
n.
name applied sometimesto the Magpie (q.v.).
1845. `Voyage to Port Phillip,' etc., p. 53:
«The ...
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crow-bar
A bar of iron sharpened at one end, used as a lever. In England it is called a crow; though crow-bar...
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crow-foot
A number of small lines spreading out from an uvrou or long block, used to suspend the awnings by, o...
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crow-purse
The egg-capsule of a skate.
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sea-crow
A name on our southern coast for the cormorant.
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shackle-crow
A bar of iron slightly bent at one end like the common crow, but with a shackle instead of a claw at...
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water-crow
The lesser cormorant, or shag.
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Acorn-shell
·noun One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. ·see <<Barnacle>>.
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Argus shell
·- A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peaco...
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Ark shell
·- A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.
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Boat shell
·- A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.
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Bubble shell
·- A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.
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Ear-shell
·noun A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis;
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Fig-shell
·noun A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.
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Goroon shell
·- A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).
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Hard-shell
·adj Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
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Ioqua shell
·- The shell of a large Dentalium (D. pretiosum), formerly used as shell money, and for ornaments, b...
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Maara shell
·- A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used...
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Mail-shell
·noun A <<Chiton>>.
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Mask shell
·- Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture.
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Pouch-shell
·noun A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).
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Rice-shell
·noun Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.
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Shell-lac
·noun ·Alt. of <<Shellac>>.
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Shell-less
·adj Having no shell.
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Slit-shell
·noun Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a d...
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Soft-shell
·adj ·Alt. of Soft-shelled.
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Spur-shell
·noun Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. Th...
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Tongue-shell
·noun Any species of Lingula.
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Top-shell
·noun Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus Trochus, or family Trochi...
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Torpedo shell
·add. ·- A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the b...
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Trough-shell
·noun Any bivalve shell of the genus Mactra. ·see <<Mactra>>.
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Tube-shell
·noun Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.
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Tulip-shell
·noun A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern...
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Turban-shell
·noun A sea urchin when deprived of its spines;
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Turnip-shell
·noun Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, som...
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Turtle-shell
·noun The turtle cowrie.
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Tusk-shell
·noun ·see 2d Tusk, ·noun, 2.
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Valve-shell
·noun Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
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Wedge-shell
·noun Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in w...
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Wing-shell
·noun Any pteropod shell.
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Worm-shell
·noun Any species of Vermetus.
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Wreath-shell
·noun A marine shell of the genus Turbo. ·see <<Turbo>>.
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oat-shell
n.
the shell of various species of Columbella, a small marine mollusc used for necklaces.
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rice-shell
n.
The name is applied elsewhereto various shells; in Australia it denotes the shell of variousspec...
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rosary-shell
n.
In Europe, the name isapplied to any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. In Australia...
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shell-grinder
n.
another name for the Port-Jackson Shark (q.v.).
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tooth-shell
n. The name is applied, inEurope, to any species of Dentalium and allied generahaving a tooth-shaped...
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to shell out
means to hand over money.
Witness the testimony of Major Noah and others in New York, who prove tha...
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clam-shell
The lips, or mouth. There is a common though vulgar expression in New England, of "Shut your clam-sh...
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blind-shell
One which, from accident or bad fuze, has fallen without exploding, or one purposely filled with lea...
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bomb-shell
A large hollow ball of cast-iron, for throwing from mortars (distinguished by having ears or lugs, b...
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live-shell
One filled with its charge of powder or other combustible. It is also called a loaded shell.
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loaded-shell
A shell filled with lead, to be thrown from a mortar. The term is also used for live-shells.
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mail-shell
A name for the chiton.
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segment-shell
For use with rifled guns; an elongated iron shell having very thin sides, and built up internally wi...
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shell-fish
A general term applied to aquatic animals having a hard external covering or shell, as whelks, oyste...
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shell-room
An important compartment in ships of war, fitted up with strong shelves to receive the shells when c...
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shell, shrapnel
See shrapnel shell.
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shrapnel shell
Invented by General Shrapnel to produce, at a long range, the effect of common case; whence they hav...
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Little Crow Alley
In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
"Little Cow Alley" in Boyle.
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roman-lamp shell
name given in Tasmania to abrachiopod mollusc, Waldheimia flavescens, Lamarck.
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tortoise-shell fish
See hand-fish.
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jil-crow-a-berry
n.
the Anglicised pronunciation and spelling of the aboriginal name for theindigenous Rat-tail Gras...
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shell of a block
The outer frame or case wherein the sheave or wheel is contained and traverses about its axis.
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