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Webster 1913 Edition


Crowfoot

Crow′footˊ

(kr?′f??tˊ)
,
Noun.
1.
(Bot.)
The genus
Ranunculus
, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty.
2.
(Naut.)
A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by.
3.
(Mil.)
A caltrop.
[Written also
crow’s-foot
.]
4.
(Well Boring)
A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc.
Raymond.