crawtaes

pl. [Scotch taes =Eng. toes.] 1. Crowfoot- (1) Ranunculus acris ( Scotch ), (2) R. repens ( Scotch ), (3) Lotus corniculatus. "Some of the prevailing weeds in meadows and gra lands are, crow-foot or crow - toe , ranunculus acris," .Wilson: Renfrewshire, p. 136. 2. A metaphorical term for the wrinkles or pucker ings of the skin about the corner of the eyes, in persons who are advanced in life, or have been in declining health. [CROW'S-FEET.] 3. Caltrops, an instrument made with three spikes, for wounding the feet of horses. "His friend, the Rev. Doctor Heavysterne from the Low Countries had sustained much injury by sitting down suddenly and incautiously on three ancient calthrops, or craw- taes , which had been lately dug up in the near Bannock burn, and which, dispersed by Robert Bruce to lacerate the feet of the English chargers, came thus in proce of time to endanger the sitting part of a learned profe or of Utrecht."- Scott : Antiquary , ch. iii. IMG:content-1268.jpg:[blocks in formation] II. Figuratively : Words worth: Female Vagrant, IMG:content-1269.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1270.png:[blocks in formation] A crawling cab: In London : A cab which, in place of remaining at a cab-stand, crawls or goes slowly along the streets looking for fares. crawl-ing-ly, adv . [Eng. crawling ; -ly.] In a crawling manner; moving slowly along the ground. crăx, s . [Gr. krazō = to croak, to scream, to shriek.] Ornith.: A genus of Rasorial Birds, the typical one of the family Cracidae (q. v.). Crax a lector is the Common or Crested Cura ow of Mexico and Brazil. [CURASSOW.]