Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crow"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crow \Crow\ (kr?), v. i. [imp. {Crew} (kr?) or {Crowed} (kr?d);
p. p. {Crowed} ({Crown} (kr?n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Crowing}.] [AS. cr?wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr?hen, cf.
Lith. groti to croak. [root]24. Cf. {Crake}.]
1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either
in joy, gayety, or defiance. ``The cock had crown.''
--Bayron.

The morning cock crew loud. --Shak.

2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

3. To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.

The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for
kisses. --Tennyson.

{To crow over}, to exult over a vanquished antagonist.

Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crow \Crow\, n. [AS. cr?we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D.
kraai, G. kr?e; cf. Icel. kr?ka crow. So named from its cry,
from AS. cr?wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus {Corvus},
having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It
has a harsh, croaking note. See {Caw}.

Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is {C.
corone}. The common American crow is {C. Americanus}.
See {Carrion crow}, and Illustr., under {Carrion}.

2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron
used as a lever; a crowbar.

Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my
cell. --Shak.

3. The cry of the cock. See {Crow}, v. i., 1.

4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.

{Carrion crow}. See under {Carrion}.

{Crow blackbird} (Zo["o]l.), an American bird ({Quiscalus
quiscula}); -- called also {purple grackle}.

{Crow pheasant} (Zo["o]l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common
coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See
{Coucal}.

{Crow shrike} (Zo["o]l.), any bird of the genera
{Gymnorhina}, {Craticus}, or {Strepera}, mostly from
Australia.

{Red-legged crow}. See {Crough}.

{As the crow flies}, in a direct line.

{To pick a crow}, {To pluck a crow}, to state and adjust a
difference or grievance (with any one).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crows \Crows\ (kr?z), n. pl.; sing. {Crow}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; --
also called {Upsarokas}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

crow
n 1: black birds having a raucous call
2: the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
3: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern
Montana [syn: {Crow}]
4: a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern
hemisphere near Virgo [syn: {Corvus}, {Crow}]
5: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight" [syn: {brag}, {bragging}, {crowing}, {vaporing}, {line-shooting}]
6: a Siouan language spoken by the Crow people [syn: {Crow}]
v 1: dwell on with satisfaction [syn: {gloat}, {triumph}]
2: express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy"
3: utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning"


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