Crow : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Crow	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crow n black birds having a raucous call the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo Synonym(s): Corvus, Crow an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" Synonym(s): brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade a Siouan language spoken by the Crow v dwell on with satisfaction [syn: gloat, triumph, crow] express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy" utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning"
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]:
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[94]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[94]l.), an American bird ({Quiscalus quiscula}); -- called also {purple grackle}. {Crow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See {Coucal}. {Crow shrike} (Zo[94]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}.