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"Section C"


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
(Zoöl.), an American bird (Quiscalus
quiscula
); -- called also purple grackle.
--
Crow pheasant (Zoöl.), an
Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives
to give omens. See Coucal.
-- Crow
shrike
(Zoöl.), 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).


Crow"bar` (kr?"b?r), n. A bar
of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.


Crow`ber`ry (kr?"b?r`r?), n.
(Bot.


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