Carrion crow. See under Carrion. -- Crow blackbird (Zo÷l.), an American bird (Quiscalus quiscula); -- called also purple grackle. -- Crow pheasant (Zo÷l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal. -- Crow shrike (Zo÷l.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia. -- Red-legged crow. See Crough. -- As the crow flies, in a direct line. -- To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one).
Crow"bar` (kr?"b?r), n. A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.
Crow`ber`ry (kr?"b?r`r?), n. (Bot.) A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; - - also called crakeberry.
Crowd (kroud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crowded; p. pr. & vb. n. Crowding.] [OE. crouden, cruden, AS. cr&?;dan; cf. D. kruijen to push in a wheelbarrow.] 1. To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer.