CROW (2)

crow (2). Crow, v.i. crowed or crew, pret. crowed, pa. to make the noise of a cock, boast, hector, exult

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Crow, n. [[AS. crāwe a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. krähe; cf. Icel. krāka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. crāwan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]] 1. 1. (Zoöl.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.
☞ 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. 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. 3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.
4. 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).