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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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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...

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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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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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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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