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Crown" side` (s?d`). See Crown
office.

Crown" wheel` (hw?l`). [Named from its resemblance
to a crown.] (Mach.) A wheel with cogs or
teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a
contrate wheel or face wheel.

Crown"work` (-w?rk`), n.
(Fort.) A work consisting of two or more bastioned
fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead,
etc., and connected by wings with the main work or the river
bank.

Crow"-quill` (kr?"kw?l`), n. A
quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a
quill.

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

Crow's"-foot` (kr?z"f??t`), n.;
pl. Crow's-feet (-fēt`).

1. pl. The wrinkles that appear,
as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer
corners of the eyes. Tennyson.

2. (Mil.) A caltrop.
[Written also crowfoot.]

3.


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