Crow-quill

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• Quill

  ·noun A hollow spindle. II. Quill ·noun The fold or plain of a ruff. III. Quill ·noun The tube of ...

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• Crow

  ·vi The cry of the cock. ·see Crow, ·vi, 1. II. Crow ·vi To utter a sound expressive of joy or plea...

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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...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• crow

  n. common English bird-name. TheAustralian species is – – White-eyed, Corvus coronoidesV. and H. In...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• 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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• quill driver

  A clerk, scribe, or hackney writer. ...

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• quill-driver

  Captain's clerk, purser's secretary, et hoc genus omne. ...

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• quill-tubes

  Those in use with port-fires for firing guns before the introduction of detonating and friction-tube...

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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; — said to be so called from a popular negro song and dance, the refrain of which ...

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• Jim-crow

  ·noun A machine for bending or straightening rails. II. Jim-crow ·noun A planing machine with a rev...

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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>>. IV. Sea crow ·- T...

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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-bar

  See crow ...

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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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• crow-shell

  A fresh-water mussel. ...

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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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• Little Crow Alley

  In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). "Little Cow Alley" in Boyle. Not...

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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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