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A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.

A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).

Marked with crow's-feet, or wrinkles, about the eyes. [Poetic] Do I look as if I were crow-trodden Beau. & FL.

A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.

A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry.

To press or drive together; to mass together. "Crowd us and crush us." Shak.

One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler. [Obs.] "Some blind crowder." Sir P. Sidney.

A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water; food of the porridge kind. [Scot.]

A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the Lychnis Flos- cuculi.

A caltrop. [Written also crow's-foot.]

A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. [Obs.] Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak.

p. p. of Crow. [Obs.]

y or a parliament, but governed by a chief magistrate (called Governor) appointed by the Crown, with executive councilors nominated by him and not elected by the people.

The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.

See Crown office.

A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.

A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell- shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves.

Same as King-post.

A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion.

Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected. "Crowned with one crest." Shak. "Crowned with conquest." Milton. With surpassing glory crowned. Milton.