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{{11}}crow (n.) O.E. crawe, imitative of bird's cry. Phrase eat crow is perhaps based on the notion that the bird is edible when boiled but hardly agreeable; first attested 1851, Amer.Eng., but said to date to War of 1812 (Walter Etecroue turns up 1361 in the Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London). Crow's foot "wrinkle around the corner of the eye" is late 14c. Phrase as the crow flies first recorded 1800.
{{12}}crow (v.) O.E. crawian "make a loud noise like a crow;" sense of "exult in triumph" is 1520s, perhaps in part because the English crow is a carrion-eater. Related: Crowed; crowing.

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  • Crow — (engl. crow [kɹoʊ], „Krähe“) bezeichnet: eine der beiden Hauptfiguren der Zeichentrickfilm Reihe The Fox and The Crow eine fiktive Gestalt aus Comicbüchern und darauf basierenden Filmen, siehe The Crow einen nordamerikanischen Indianerstamm,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Crow — Crow, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus {Corvus} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • crow — crow1 [krō] n. [ME croue < OE crawa, akin to Ger krähe, ON kraka < IE base * ger , echoic of hoarse cry > CRAKE, CRANE, CRACK1] 1. a) any of a genus (Corvus) of large, nonmigratory corvids with glossy black plumage and a typical harsh… …   English World dictionary

  • Crow — (kr[=o]), v. i. [imp. {Crew} (kr[udd]) or {Crowed} (kr[=o]d); p. p. {Crowed} ({Crown} (kr[=o]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crowing}.] [AS. cr[=a]wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr[aum]hen, cf. Lith. groti to croak. [root]24. Cf. {Crake}.] 1. To make… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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