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单词 crows foot
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crow's footn.

Forms: Also crow's-foot.
1. One of the small wrinkles formed by age or anxiety round the outer corner of the eye, ‘thought to resemble the impression of the feet of crows’ (Todd). Now commonly in plural.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > wrinkle
rimpleeOE
rivellingOE
rivelc1325
crow's footc1374
frounce1390
wrinklea1400
frumplec1440
freckle1519
line1538
lirkc1540
shrivel1547
plait1574
furrow1589
trench1594
crowfoot1614
seam1765
thought-line1858
laughter line1867
laugh line1913
smile-line1921
worry lines1972
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 354 So longe mot ye lyue and alle prowde, Till crowes feet ben growen vnder youre eye.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 12v When the blacke crowes foote shall appeare in theyr eye.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Dec. 136 By myne eie the Crow his clawe dooth wright.]
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Crespatura..a wrinkling, a withering, as we say a Crowes-foote in a womans face.
1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 79 I begin already to see a few crows feet about the corner of my eyes.
1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn I. xvii. 254 The bloodshot eyes and the puckered crowsfeet beneath them.
2. Nautical. = crowfoot n. 4. Obsolete.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > group of small cords through block
yuffrouw1494
crowfoot1627
crow's foot1627
crowfoot dead-eye1769
euphroe1815
centipede1857
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 19 Dead mens eyes are blocks..the Crowes-feet reeued thorow them are a many of small lines.
1806 G. Gregory Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 459 Crow's feet..scarcely of any other use than to make a shew of small rigging.
3. Military. A caltrop; = crowfoot n. 6.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] > anti-cavalry barrier
turnpikec1420
caltrop1519
harrow1548
chausse-trap1591
swine feather1639
swine's pike1639
crowfoot1678
cheval de frise1688
horse de frise1688
hersillon1704
herse1728
crow's foot1772
trou-de-loup1780
cheval-trap1787
frise1809
spear1823
punji stake (or stick)1849
night-cat1863
1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide Crows-feet, an iron of four points..used against cavalry.
1884 Daily News 15 Sept. 5/3 One implement of war of which the British soldier is not proud..is the ‘crow's-foot’.
4.
a. A three-pointed figure in embroidery.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > designs or patterns
imagerya1393
imagery work1500
roundel1546
essefirme1600
branch1606
rundlet1672
veining1814
tracery1827
crow's foot1830
Berlin pattern1841
Venetian bar1882
wheatear1882
wheel1903
1830 O. W. Holmes Myst. Visitor 64 What if the creature should arise,..And swallow down a sophomore, Coat, crow's-foot, cap, and all!
1835 Class Poem Harvard 18, in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words (1851) 88 The corded crow's-feet, and the collar square.
1879 Uniform Reg. in Navy List July (1882) 497/1 Crow's foot of round gold cord on sleeve.
b. A mark or symbol resembling a bird's foot.
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others
Samian letter1616
A1651
Tetragrammaton1656
arrow1744
arrowhead1832
wind1847
scarlet letter1850
sun wheel1865
sacred axe1866
rising sun1868
crow's foot1871
Easter rabbit1881
hexagram1882
sun sign1882
Easter bunny1900
Staffordshire knot1908
sinsigna1914
tectiform1921
padma1954
smiley face1957
happy face1971
lexigram1973
emoticon1988
smiley1989
1871 Scribner's Monthly 2 502 [A chart] adorned at this point by the crowsfeet that call for a chain of mountains.
c. Textiles. (See quots.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > defects or irregularities in
burlc1440
scawe1463
stour1472
brack1552
pirn1688
sheave1696
sprit1737
sprat1756
crow's foot1948
pill1954
soil1959
1948 J. T. Marsh Textile Sci. xiv. 300 Creases should not be allowed to form or they will tend to become fixed in the cloth and form ‘crows' feet marks’.
1957 Textile Terms & Defs. (ed. 3) 35 Crowsfeet, undesirable creases, particularly in crêpe fabrics, that prevent the production of a uniform surface appearance.
1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics ii. 8 A heat-setting process had a stabilising effect and prevented the subsequent formation of a multiplicity of little wrinkles or crow's-feet marks when the fabric was relaxed.
5. Mechanics. (See quot. 1874.)
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Crow's-foot. 1. (Well-boring.) A bent hook adapted to engage the shoulder or collar on a drill-rod or well-tube while lowering it into a well or drilled shaft, or to hold the same while a section above it is being attached or detached.
6. = crowfoot n. 2f.
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1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 156 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VICrow's foot’..grows with great vigor, though an annual grass.

Derivatives

ˈcrow's-footed adj. (also crowsfooted) marked with crow's-feet round the eyes.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > wrinkle
rivelledlOE
frounced1422
rivelling1481
wrinkleda1529
rideled1530
writhled1565
rugged1590
furrow-faced1607
shrivelled1607
corrugated1623
furrow-fronted1640
seamed1656
pursed1676
corrugate1745
crow's-footed1831
crow-footed1834
lined1839
crowed1851
wrinkled1859
1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle i Whose physiognomy..blighted, sallowed, and crow's footed.
1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 26 Feb. This dark face, strongly marked, livid and crowsfooted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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