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.
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).