Crow's foot

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small wrinkle in the corner of an eye, emblematic of aging. plural-normally

    "You must get a brown gown, and a white apron, and a mob cap, and we must make you a few wrinkles, and a little of the crowsfoot at the corner of your eyes, and you will be a very proper, little old woman."

  2. 2
    large tree of Australasia wordnet
  3. 3
    A triangular embroidery stitch.
  4. 4
    a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes wordnet
  5. 5
    A symbol, resembling a bisected equilateral triangle, used in database diagrams to indicate plurality.

    "The crow's-foot notation similarly represents relationships."

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  1. 6
    A number of lines rove through a long wooden block, supporting the backbone of an awning horizontally.
  2. 7
    A caltrop.
  3. 8
    A device for supporting a tripod to prevent the legs from slipping.

    "My foreman with his faked assistant had littered the place with all my apparatus, my bellbox, my crowsfoot, the V-drills, the rods, and the weight, but Malone insisted that we disregard all that and descend ourselves to the lowest level."

  4. 9
    Certain flowering plants
  5. 10
    Certain flowering plants; especially, in genus Ranunculus

Etymology

From Middle English crowes feet pl.

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