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† ˈcrow-tread, v. Obs.
trans. To tread (a fowl) as crows or rooks were supposed to do; hence fig. to subject to ignominious treatment, abuse. Hence ˈcrow-trod, -trodden ppl. adjs.
1592G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 6 Who is so forward to accuse, debase, revile, crow-treade another. 1600N. Breton Pasquil's Precession Wks. (1879) 9 A crauen henne that is crow trodden. 1602Content. Liberality & Prodigality iv. iv. in Hazl. Dodsley VIII. 366 O thou vile, ill-favoured, crow⁓trodden, pye-picked ront! 1614Markham Cheap Husb. (1668) 118. 1649 C. Walker Hist. Independ. ii. 8 Cockatrice Eggs laid by their Grandees when they had been Crow⁓trodden by Armies from abroad. a1652Brome Queenes Exchange v. Wks. 1873 III. 537 What are thou that canst look thus Piepickt, Crowtrod, or Sparrow-blasted? |