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Webster 1913 Edition


Crane's-bill

Crane’s′-billˊ

(kr?nz′b?lˊ)
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Noun.
1.
(Bot.)
The geranium; – so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane.
Dr. Prior.
2.
(Surg.)
A pair of long-beaked forceps.