Crow"foot` (kr?"f??t`), n.

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.

 

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