CROWFOOT

Source: 566, 567

crowfoot. Crowfoot, n. a plant with a yellow flower, ranunculus

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Crow″foot′ (kr?″f??t′), n. 1. 1. (Bot.) The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty.
2. 2. (Naut.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by.
3. 3. (Mil.) A caltrop. [Written also crow's-foot.]
4. 4. (Well Boring) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc. Raymond.