'crew : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: 'crew	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for 'crew
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. [bd]The cock had crown.[b8] --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]:
Crew \Crew\ (kr?), n. [From older accrue accession, re[?]n[?]orcement, hence, company, crew; the first syllable being misunderstood as the indefinite article. See {Accrue}, {Crescent}.] 1. A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng. There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on every side. --Spenser. Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew? --Milton. 2. The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat. Note: The word crew, in law, is ordinarily used as equivalent to ship's company, including master and other officers. When the master and other officers are excluded, the context always shows it. --Story. Burrill. 3. In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew. Syn: Company; band; gang; horde; mob; herd; throng; party.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crew \Crew\ (kr?), n. (Zo[94]l.) The Manx shearwater.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crew \Crew\ (kr?), imp. of {Crow}.