Crow's-nest

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• crow's nest

  A small shelter for the look-out man: sometimes made with a cask, at the top-gallant mast-head of wh...

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• Crows

  ·noun ·pl A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; — also called Upsarokas. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Nest

  ·vi To build and occupy a nest. II. Nest ·vt To put into a nest; to form a nest for. III. Nest ·no...

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• nest

  See crow's nest. ...

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• Crow's-feet

  ·pl of Crow's-foot. ...

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• Crow's-foot

  ·noun ·same·as Bird's-mouth. II. Crow's-foot ·noun A <<Caltrop>>. III. Crow's-foot ·noun The wrink...

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• Bird's nest

  ·noun ·Alt. of Bird's-nest. ...

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• Bird's-nest

  ·noun The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young. ...

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• Mare's-nest

  ·noun A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd. ...

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• mare's nest

  He has found a mare's nest, and is laughing at the eggs; said of one who laughs without any apparent...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hurra's nest

  A state of confusion. "Now just look at you, Mr. Jones! I declare! it gives me a chill to see you g...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bird's nest

  A round top at a mast-head for a look-out station. A smaller crow's nest. Chiefly used in whalers, w...

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• Swan's Nest Court

  On the west of Little Bell Alley, a new passage up steps into Great Swan Alley; well built and inhab...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• to feather one's nest

  To enrich one's self. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bird's-nest fungus

  n. a small fungus of thegenus Cyathus, four species of which occur inQueensland. ...

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

• to feather one's nest

  To collect riches together; alluding to birds which collect feathers, among other materials, for mak...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.