CROW, in Mechanics, a kind of iron lever, with a claw at one end and a sharp point at the other; used for heaving or purchasing great weights.
CROW'S BILL, among surgeons, a kind of forceps for drawing bullets and other foreign bodies out of wounds.
CROW'S FEET, in the military art, machines of iron, having four points, each about three or four inches long, so made, that whatever way they fall there is still a point up; they are thrown upon breaches, or in passes were the enemy's cavalry are to march, proving very troublesome, by running into the horse's feet and laming them.
CROW'S FOOT, on ship board, a complication of small cords spreading out from a long block, like the smaller parts which extend from the back-bone of a heron. It is used to suspend the ownings; or to keep the top-fails from striking violently, and fretting against the tops.